tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post8978290103041293093..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: M is for MarieNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63494722493554854702016-04-17T18:18:32.970+05:302016-04-17T18:18:32.970+05:30haha Marie is simply breath taking and sensational...haha Marie is simply breath taking and sensational..Love the creative wild imagination:)Vishal Bheeroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229153100959064360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63055068649830858522016-04-16T02:34:11.945+05:302016-04-16T02:34:11.945+05:30M is for marvelous
thank you for sharing this li...M is for marvelous <br />thank you for sharing this little piece of youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-86155301580984909212016-04-16T01:44:03.489+05:302016-04-16T01:44:03.489+05:30Yup, not aware, not interested in finding out...Yup, not aware, not interested in finding out...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63041338715916854252016-04-16T01:38:29.244+05:302016-04-16T01:38:29.244+05:30:):)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-44178756934063038542016-04-16T01:37:44.842+05:302016-04-16T01:37:44.842+05:30True that. Nobility and royalty totally isolated ...True that. Nobility and royalty totally isolated in their ivory towersNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-35216445804301147702016-04-16T01:36:46.191+05:302016-04-16T01:36:46.191+05:30Frightening observation, Yolanda, and so true! muc...Frightening observation, Yolanda, and so true! much inequality still centuries after Marie...and a certain section just as blithely unconcernedNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-56296867836487569592016-04-16T01:31:06.731+05:302016-04-16T01:31:06.731+05:30That made me think - is it easier to rhyme in Fren...That made me think - is it easier to rhyme in French? :)<br /><br />Thanks for visitingNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-43505417714506532292016-04-16T01:29:41.576+05:302016-04-16T01:29:41.576+05:30Thanks for readingThanks for readingNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-71556537228070626402016-04-16T01:29:15.386+05:302016-04-16T01:29:15.386+05:30Life under Marie must have been harder than we can...Life under Marie must have been harder than we can imagine...thanks for being here HilaryNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-43862751253343628982016-04-16T01:27:40.915+05:302016-04-16T01:27:40.915+05:30I know! Who refuses cake, right?!I know! Who refuses cake, right?!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-53918335827350646512016-04-16T01:26:49.316+05:302016-04-16T01:26:49.316+05:30Agree to a certain extent. At the time, many roya...Agree to a certain extent. At the time, many royal/noblewomen were raised to be the wives of kings and princes, completely subservient and mostly without a single independent thought.<br /><br />Yet the century that produced Marie, also produced Empress Catherine in Russia.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33153070247897381902016-04-16T01:13:54.127+05:302016-04-16T01:13:54.127+05:30I had French in school, but never learnt a thing, ...I had French in school, but never learnt a thing, same with history. Beyond canards about clueless queens..can't claim to know a thing about either French or history. Make is a good M word as in made up story, not history, or her story either :) Thanks for being here. <br /><br />PS Antonia Fraser did a biography, and there's a book also by Victoria Holt, the Queen's Confession Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-15228448045155464082016-04-16T01:00:02.559+05:302016-04-16T01:00:02.559+05:30ThanksThanksNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-61407670091303480402016-04-16T00:59:41.656+05:302016-04-16T00:59:41.656+05:30Ah, you always get just the mot juste! Thanks EC!Ah, you always get just the mot juste! Thanks EC!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-61847588380813272072016-04-16T00:21:30.879+05:302016-04-16T00:21:30.879+05:30She always seemed to me to be as clueless as most ...She always seemed to me to be as clueless as most in power when it came to understanding the common folks' problems.The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-38471945843274538532016-04-15T22:14:52.437+05:302016-04-15T22:14:52.437+05:30haha - love this!haha - love this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-18234880648082441762016-04-15T21:27:07.490+05:302016-04-15T21:27:07.490+05:30I am sure Marie Antoinette would have been stunned...I am sure Marie Antoinette would have been stunned to know what her people's lives were really like. People lived in entirely different worlds, incomprehensible to each other.<br /><br />#AtoZchallenge <br /><a href="http://www.kathleenvalentineblog.com/" rel="nofollow">Meet My Imaginary Friends</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-77749835763875115732016-04-15T21:16:55.848+05:302016-04-15T21:16:55.848+05:30Poor Marie, I'm sure she had no idea what the ...Poor Marie, I'm sure she had no idea what the masses were suffering in her high tower. Almost like today, the 1% may know, they just don't care. Wonder if we'll have a repeat of that frightening revolution? <br />Excellent job, Nila, as always!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-74081440280434566212016-04-15T20:07:46.755+05:302016-04-15T20:07:46.755+05:30excellent rhymes in there....gateau for cake helps...excellent rhymes in there....gateau for cake helps a lot. quite cleverJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-7003857208482604382016-04-15T19:17:52.281+05:302016-04-15T19:17:52.281+05:30Enjoyed the read, thank youEnjoyed the read, thank youDahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936423022434911077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-55496848986461493882016-04-15T18:16:09.845+05:302016-04-15T18:16:09.845+05:30Very clever Nila .. wonderful description of life ...Very clever Nila .. wonderful description of life under Marie Antoinette - with per portmanteau or no ... <br /><br />Lovely poetic descriptions ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-74048581251520747142016-04-15T17:15:48.329+05:302016-04-15T17:15:48.329+05:30I would've taken cake over bread...I would've taken cake over bread...Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-12667005249446913822016-04-15T16:05:01.611+05:302016-04-15T16:05:01.611+05:30The more I learn about her the more I am sure it w...The more I learn about her the more I am sure it was her parents fault. She was brought up to be a living puppy to some King/ruler one day... And then she got married to a King who had no idea himself... A deadly combination this was...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-5063224371941820832016-04-15T13:45:38.145+05:302016-04-15T13:45:38.145+05:30make*
make*<br />Seenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610774810616528138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-88650253473570655412016-04-15T13:45:21.806+05:302016-04-15T13:45:21.806+05:30Le plus beau. J'aime ça.
Thank God for Googl...Le plus beau. J'aime ça. <br /><br />Thank God for Google translator. Cant seem to remember any of the French I learned in school. <br /><br />Honestly you can history really interesting. :D <br />Cheers,<br />Seena<br /><a href="http://travellers-compass.blogspot.in/2016/04/atozchallenge-m-is-for-mischief.html" rel="nofollow"> #AtoZChallenge- M is for Mischief</a><br />Seenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610774810616528138noreply@blogger.com