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Day 38: Know Before You Go #2 – Figaro & Friends

The second in a series of short posts that will get you ready for The Ghosts of Versailles, a few easily digestible paragraphs at a time. Yesterday, I discussed the titular Ghosts and mentioned that one of them – Beaumarchais – wants to change the course of history and save Marie Antoinette from the guillotine. The tools he uses

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Day 37: Know Before You Go #1 – Who Are These Ghosts?

Today, the first in a series of short posts that will get you ready for The Ghosts of Versailles, a few easily digestible paragraphs at a time. The “Ghosts” of the title include Marie Antoinette, her husband King Louis XVI of France, and several of their aristocratic friends. The writer/musician Beaumarchais* – another ghost – is in love with Marie Antoinette,

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