tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post5216308796290320282..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Madame de Polignac and the Politics of Calumnyelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-18467778495995213102007-05-17T15:18:00.000-04:002007-05-17T15:18:00.000-04:00And Prof Simon Burrows has a new book out on the r...And Prof Simon Burrows has a new book out on the revolutionary pamphlets.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-79849993064706864762007-05-17T15:17:00.000-04:002007-05-17T15:17:00.000-04:00Yes, it was a tissue of lies with a few grains of ...Yes, it was a tissue of lies with a few grains of truth to make it seem believable. Such propaganda has been used over and over again ever since. Scholar Chantal Thomas has done a serious study on this called "The wicked queen."elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-4734284516648911282007-05-17T15:11:00.000-04:002007-05-17T15:11:00.000-04:00This promoters of the godless society were liars f...This promoters of the godless society were liars from the beginning. <BR/><BR/>I can recognize traits of the communist propaganda here...<BR/><BR/>Elena, thank you for unearthing these facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-31936483603893222352007-05-16T07:21:00.000-04:002007-05-16T07:21:00.000-04:00Thank you, Marie! Sadly, the same lies continue to...Thank you, Marie! Sadly, the same lies continue to be taught in schools, and perpetuated by films, and even by some allegedly "serious" biographies...and some sensationalist novels, too. <BR/><BR/>Yes, they are related, but I am not certain exactly how.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-50842801366354326382007-05-16T03:29:00.000-04:002007-05-16T03:29:00.000-04:00How would Edmond be related to Valéry Giscard d'Es...How would Edmond be related to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-62381246564532828392007-05-16T01:07:00.000-04:002007-05-16T01:07:00.000-04:00Such calumny costs lives!!!I still do not understa...Such calumny costs lives!!!<BR/><BR/>I still do not understand why these lies are still being perpetuated?<BR/><BR/>I learnt in school that Marie Antoinette was a silly girl full of vanity and that her husband was basically a half witted king.<BR/><BR/>I hope that the school system is now teaching the truth or is the lie still being taught?<BR/><BR/>So sad:(. Thankyou Elena for bringing to light the true worth of a young girl who found herself Queen in a place full of intrigues and double crosses.<BR/><BR/>Peace to you and thankyou.<BR/><BR/>MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com