#Stephanie Dray

[nordleuchten]

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful beginning the the year😊 I just have a simple question to ask you.

Have you ever had a chance to read the book ‘Lafayette: courtier to crown fugitive, 1757-1777’?

I was looking for some novels about the Lafayettes and this came up and I’m currently reading it. I kind of like how it portrays Gilbert and Adrienne’s relationship, it feels realistic.

If you have how did you feel about it?

Dear Anon,

thank you very much, I indeed had a great start into the new year and I hope you had as well!

I know the book and I have a copy at home but I have yet to read it. So far I only skimmed through the first few chapters and was pleasantly surprised by what I have seen – especially since the cover design of my edition (La Fayette as a half-naked Barbie Ken-Doll) had me seriously doubting the quality of the book at first.

Another historical novel that I have read and that I can recommend is The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray.

I am sorry that I can not give you a more satisfying answer but if you ever have a question regarding a specific passage/scene, feel free to send it to me and ask.

I hope you have/had a lovely day!

#ask me anything #anon #books #marquis de lafayette #la fayette #historical fiction #adrienne de lafayette #adrienne de noailles #history #stephanie dray #the women of chateau lafayette

[burblesnwords]

In violence we are torn away from each other, and this world into the next... ... but BECOMING is always an agony.

Stephanie Dray, A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii

#pompeii quotes #historical fiction quotes #stephanie dray quotes #stephanie dray

[perfectionistwannabe]

Book Review: Becoming Madam Secretary

For those who love historical fiction and American politics, I have a new book suggestion for you that releases on March 12, 2024, called Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray. Publisher: Berkley Publishing Synopsis She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it…New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel…

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#becoming Madam Secretary #book review #Frances Perkins #politics #Stephanie dray

[wttnblog]

9 March 2023 Book Releases That Should be On Your Radar

In a year of many false Springs, it’s hard to believe that it’s only March. Yesterday I was bundled up to brave below freezing temperatures and the day before I sat outside to read my book in a balmy 70 degrees. Nonetheless, it is only the third month of 2024. There’s quite a few incredible books coming out this month that you should most definitely be aware of. *Bookshop affiliate links allow…

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#anita de monte laughs last #becoming madam secretary #book #book releases #Books #by Jocelyn #can&039;t we be friends #denny s bryce #drag race #eliza knight #ellipses #expiration dates #jennifer croft #lisa unger #new book releases #reading #rebecca serle #sophie wan #stephanie dray #the extinction of irena rey #the house of hidden meanings #the new couple in 5b #vanessa lawrence #women of good fortune #xochitl gonzalez

[diaryoftruequotes]

Glory is a bittersweet wreath of both flowers and thorns.

Stephanie Dray, The Women of Chateau Lafayette

#Stephanie Dray #The Women of Chateau Lafayette #quotes #book quotes

[dkehoe]

This Chick's Audio review: My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

This Chick’s Audio review: My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

I mentioned in an earlier post that I purchased this book when it first came out after meeting Laura Kamoie at a book signing. It sat on my shelf until this last month when I saw Hamilton in the theater and then watched the film (just to see if I could understand the lyrics better. It helped a bit!). Narrated by Cassandra Campbell who did a stand-out job, I found their version of Eliza Hamilton’s…

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#amazon #book review #books #fiction #goodreads #historical #Laura Kamoie #reading #Stephanie Dray

[theoburrsvirginitybalcony]

what eliza book are u reading rn and may we have the link?

It's My Dear Hamilton By Stephanie Dray and Laura!!!

#anon

[berenike-euergetis]

A friend of mine shared this post with me that she came across on Twitter, and there's something I'd like to break down about it :

As a North African Amazigh, I find it concerning when there are attempts to inaccurately portray our heritage. The Amazigh people have varied skin tones, influenced by regional climates. Generally, the further north you go, the lighter the skin color tends to be among the population. Juba, being a descendant of the Massylii tribe which was located in the northeast of Algeria, would likely have had a Mediterranean skin tone. It would be historically inaccurate to categorize him as black.

I'm tired of seeing him portrayed as black in literature (like in Stephanie Dray's trilogy 🤡) If you're going to write about a certain culture, it's essential to thoroughly research and understand that culture instead of perpetuating stereotypes or misrepresentations.

#king juba #Juba II #cleopatra selene #Mauretania #North Africa #amazigh

[litcest]

Hello! Do you have any bipoc incest books? I only know of "the god of small things" and i would honestly prefer the characters to be black or brown because i can barely think of any book that has incest between them

I actually can't recall any incest books with black main characters, neither from the ones I read nor from the ones I saw in passing. A quick google search brought back results of novels featuring non-consensual incest among black characters, which is not what we want.

For indigenous and brown characters:

Aztec by Gary Jennings, which I haven't read but I know that the main character had a past sexual relationship with his sister (both siblings are Mexica/Nahua);

The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha, which I have read and although the incest is very important to the story, I wouldn't say it's an incestous romance novel. Like in The Good of Small Things, the characters are Indians (not sure which ethnic or racial group, but I'm almost certain they are not Anglo-Indians);

Lavoura Arcaica by Raduab Nassar follows a family of Lebanese-Brazilians (not sure if skin color is mentioned, but I assume that they are still considered BIPOC by having Lebanese ancestry;

Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray is about Cleaopatra's daughter. Not sure if the book portraits her a Greek or as Egyptian, light skinned or dark skinned, but I'll mention it anyways.

This is what I have for you at the moment. I'll try to find more books that fit the request. Probably some books I haven't read but have compiled in my catalogue have black characters and I just don't know it.

I hope my indigenous and brown rec list doesn't offend anybody. I googled and apparently the Lebaneses don't like to be considered brown, but Lebanese-Americans mostly said they consider themselves to be BIPOC. I actually know a family of Lebanese-Brazilians, and I wouldn't call them "brown", since their skin is the same shade as mine, but TBH, in the US I probably wouldn't be considered "white", even though in Brazil I am.

#asks #book recs

[lostinfic]

Nine people you'd like to know better

I was tagged by @wordsintimeandspace, thanks friend!

Three ships

Currently: Cesare/Lucrezia. Still dear to me: Hardy/Hannah and Doctor/Rose.

First ship

Possibly Luke/Lorelai from Gilmore Girls, soon to be followed by Rory/Jess. Also possibly Rachel/Joey from Friends.

Last song

outsiders by Jean-Michel Blais, a very dream-like piano piece

Currently reading

Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray and many things about Central American politics and culture.

Last film

Last Night in Soho, it was not the kind of movie I expected but I enjoyed it nonetheless

Currently Craving

Anything that will make me feel like The Borgias do? I need more fanfics like I need oxygen.

Let's see [looks through latests notes on posts]... I'm tagging @useyourtelescope, @kelkat9, @fleurdeneuf, @scattyuk @zoebelle9 @littletimorousbeastie @saturninesunshine if you want to 💚

#about me

[nordleuchten]

Hi, how are you doing?? Hope you're alright wherever you are!

So, I was making some research about the marquis and I had 2 questions that poped up to my mind which I couldn't find the answear for online:

1. How many stories do we have Lafayette as a child still living at the Chavaniac. I've heard of the one where he once went looking for the beast of gévaudan, but if he had the guts to go after it so young, that mustn't be the only thing he did;

and 2. I've acidently came across three quotes from the book "The Woman of the Chatêau Lafayette" and, while they sound amazing, I doubt it's veracity, for as the saying goes "if something sounds too good to be true, the it probably isn't."

This first quote, Adrienne was supposed to be hosting a bishop or something but she refused to go, and feeling bad that she might've disapointed her husband, she went to try to apologize bur heard Lafayette saying

"Sir," Lafayette began, "I do not share my wife’s religious beliefs, but if you knew my marriage, you would realize that she is not my subject , nor would I wish her to be. She is a woman of high-minded principle and the model of kindness; of a character we would all do well to emulate. I would no more crush my wife’s spirit than I would persecute any other citizen for matters of conscience. And I promise that if you try to crush her spirit, you will find me in your way, sword in hand."

this other one isn't much of a quote but, more like a moment, it is during the beggining of the french revolution, and he and the duc d'Orlean if I remember correctly are discussing, and Lafayette threatens him (?) to leave to Englad and to not be back.

The third one is, at the National Assembly, he says some controversial stuff and, to punish him, they took off some titles from his name, and he signed his name on the last record of the session without any noble title or military rank at all, just Lafayette.

Again, I have no idea if any of this us true, and I'm sorry for basically just using you to fact check some stuff since my searching habilities are basically zero lol, but thank you very much =))

p.s. here talking about the frev, how the americans viewed lafayette's role in it? and how did his friends did?

Hello Anon,

that are a lot of questions, so let us try to tackle them one by one, shall we? ;-)

1. Childhood Stories

No, sadly I do not know a lot of childhood stories. La Fayette did not reference his childhood often in his own writings and this time in his life appears to not have been remarkable. He was a young Marquis from a mediocre family at the time. His wealth was also greatly limited at that time because he inherited most of his money from his maternal-grandfather and he was still alive at that point in time. The Auvergne was far away from the bustling cities like Paris or the court in Versailles. La Fayette grew up in the countryside with his grandmother (a very remarkable women in her own right), his two aunts and a cousin. His childhood was by all accounts a very happy one, but a mostly uneventful one - or the stories were not preserved. The earliest stories I know about start when La Fayette entered the schools of Paris at around twelve years of age.

2. The Bishop of Paris

This incident as depicted in the book (Stepahnie Dray, The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Penguin LCC US, New York, 2021, p. 320-321.) is for the most part factual and happened that way. A little bit of background for everybody who has not read the book and/or is not familiar with this aspect of revolutionary France: the clergy was ordered to swear the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (January 3, 1791) - some clergymen took the oath, some refused and some even fled the country. Adrienne was absolutely against the idea that a priest should swear this civic oath - and she was quite open about this. The Archbishop of Paris, Antoine-Elénore-Léon Le Clerc de Juigné, who had sworn the civic oath as well, left France in 1790 because he became alarmed by the turn the Revolution had taken. In his place Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Gobel became Archbishop of Paris. Now, Gobel was never recognized by the pope, he was described by some of his contemporaries as an atheist and he was opposed to some of the pillars of the roman-catholic believe - in short, he was no one with whom devout Adrienne would ever get along. Here is what Adrienne’s daughter Virginie wrote in her book:

My father often received constitutional clergymen at dinner. On those occasions, my mother would express before them her attachment to the cause of the former bishops. She would discuss her opinion with those whose personal character she esteemed, and in these conversations she manifested such enlightened views, gave proofs of so much sincerity, and was, at the same time, so careful of offending, that no one could be wounded by the expression of her feelings. Independently of their conduct or opinions, all were received by her according to my father’s wishes, without her own consideration being diminished, because she preserved on every subject the liberty of expressing her way of thinking. Once only did she depart from the rule she had laid down for herself, that of receiving all sorts of persons equally well; it was the day when the bishop of Paris, after his instalment, came to dine at my father’s. He did not, like his colleagues, come as a private individual and she declined receiving him as bishop of the diocese. Accordingly, she dined out that day, although her doing so was much remarked.

I purposefully included a longer passage, to give you an understanding of the general scene at the time. We see that the events, the dinner, Adrienne being absent, happened just as described in the book. Do we know if La Fayette and Gobel had a conversation? No. But given the general stir that Adrienne’s absent caused, we can be quite sure that a conversation of some sort took place. You can say a lot about La Fayette as a husband but in his very own way he was very loyal to Adrienne and he would have never chosen Gobel over her (since he also did not appear to be terrible pleased with Gobel himself.) Where either he or Gobel that direct and harsh in their wording? We do not know, maybe not. I am certain though that La Fayette defended Adrienne’s actions in front of Gobel or anybody else.

3. The Duc d’Orléons

La Fayette and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans had a disastrous relationship on good days and an even worse one on bad days. (What is somewhat ironic since he basically made d’Orléans son king - but the relationship between La Fayette and Phillipe I soured soon as well. Like father like son. :-)) Here is the quote from the book you were referring to (at least I hope I’ve got the right one :-.)

Philippe lifted his chin. “What do you want, General Redhead?”

“To warn that Paris is no longer safe for you.”

Philippe laughed. “I am safer in Paris than you.”

More than fifteen years of enmity between the two men had finally brought them to this reckoning, and I saw murder in my husband’s eyes. “Understand, sir, that you are not safe anywhere I am.”

Philippe stopped laughing. “You are threatening me.”

Lafayette’s expression was cold, like frigid mountain air. “My wife tells me you have friends in England. Visit them.”

Philippe was not accustomed to taking orders. “Or what?”

In answer, Lafayette put his hand upon the pommel of his sword. The one carved with his great deeds in America. And I realized there might very well be bloodshed in my parlor. Philippe must have realized it too. He glanced at me, but I kept my eyes hard.

For once in his life, Philippe gauged us properly. “I will apply for a passport.”

My husband nodded. “It will be granted.”

Stepahnie Dray, The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Penguin LCC US, New York, 2021, p. 292-293.

Now, I do not know of any such particular stand-off between the two of them, but there really was no love left. Was La Fayette that direct in his manners with d’Orléans? I personally doubt it and would think he had himself more under control (he certainly would not have murdered d’Orléans and even less so in his own parlour with his wife present and his children maybe upstairs) but La Fayette, when under pressure, could also sometimes be very rash. Just like with the last question; the general scenario is correct but we will never know the exact details.

4. La Fayette and his titles

Sooo, I think and hope that your last quote was in reference to this scene from the book:

So Gilbert set aside his poultices. He caught his breath. He returned to Versailles. And there, he rose in the assembly to rain down thunder. He protested corruption and wasteful spending. He supported reforms in the judicial system to prevent torture and unjust convictions. And perhaps most controversial of all, he argued for a motion to grant civil rights to Protestants and Jews.

Gilbert rose again and again, like a colossus.

To punish him, the royals divested him of his rank as field marshal. And in response, he defiantly signed his name on the last record of the session without any noble title or military rank at all.

Lafayette.

The name we shared.

A name that would, henceforth, speak for itself.

Stepahnie Dray, The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Penguin LCC US, New York, 2021, p. 248.

While La Fayette knew and was friends with many like-minded nobles (they even called themselves the “Fayettists”) and there were still members of the nobility who were way more progressive and sympathetic towards the Revolution than La Fayette was, his relationship with the royals was often taunt and marked by mutual mistrust. The abolishing of titles was a notion introduced by a relative of La Fayette’s and he supported the idea wholeheartedly - what really makes me stumble is the passage where La Fayette was supposedly stripped of his rank as a field-marshal. I am not as firm with La Fayette’s military titles as I should be but I really do not know when that should have taken place. La Fayette entered the Revolution as a Maréchal de Camp and he was promoted to Lieutenant Général on June 30, 1791. This timeline intrigues me and will look that up and make a separate post about his ranks and how he got or lost them. Until then, please be patient with me. :-)

Maybe as a closing though - the name La Fayette did indeed came to speak for itself, without the need of military or noble titles.

You also asked about the perception different people had about La Fayette’s role during the French Revolution - since that is such a lengthy and complex topic on its own, I would like to make a separate and detailed post about that as well. I will put it on my list (and no worries, I take good care of my list. :-))

I hope that answered all your question thus far and I hope you have/had a lovely day!

#ask me anything #anon #marquis de lafayette #la fayette #french history #history #american history #french revolution #the women of chateau lafayette #stephanie dray #adrienne de lafayette #adrienne de noailles #virginie de lafayette #duc d'orléans #1791

[gracehosborn]

🍄Decriscribe your wip/one of your wips in the format of “___ + ___ =___”  

and

♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP

Hi!! Thank you for the ask!! The original ask game can be found here.

🍄Describe your wip/one of your wips in the format of “___ + ___ =___”  

This seems quite fun and vague. I feel like Ink of Destruction might best be suited for this.

“Vengeful Alternative Universes + Found Family = IOD”

♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP

Shifting gears to my other major project: when I had started The American Icarus, I had agonized over the opening to this ambitious project and ended up rewriting it about eight times before coming to its current opening chapter.

One of the ideas I had was that the book would open in present tense from Hamilton’s first-person point of view and depict the beginnings of his duel with Aaron Burr, but abruptly stop right before Hamilton would pull his trigger. The rest of the story would be placed after this moment, and follow in chronological order the events leading up to the moment just shown told in past tense from Hamilton’s first-person point of view, then towards the end (having been shown all the context) the final pages of the story would wrap up the duel and its aftermath, and therefore the end. I think I had gotten this idea from Laura Kaye and Stephanie Dray’s My Dear Hamilton, which utilized this framework in telling Eliza’s story from her perspective and using a family legend of Eliza in her old age talking to James Monroe to do so. However, I realized that this idea, while interesting, didn’t feel right as this wasn’t the right approach for the story and items of interest I wanted to explore. I am also not the biggest fan of My Dear Hamilton, but that’s another post for another day.

Instead I decided to scrap this idea entirely, in favor of framing the story as Hamilton sitting down to write his posthumous memoirs, opening with him directly talking to the reader in explaining his reasonings as to why this is being done. Then having the story continue in chronological order from there.

That got longer than I expected. Hope these are enjoyable—and that you’ve had a good start to the new year!

#thank you for the ask! #ink of destruction #IOD #the american icarus #TAI #ask games #writing process #writers on tumblr #alternative history #fantasy #historical fiction #alexander hamilton

[royal-hair]

Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg visiting the exhibition "Sub umbra alarum. Luxembourg, Fortress of the Habsburgs 1716-1741" at Drai Eechelen Museum in Luxembourg - 07.03.24

#hereditary grand duchess stephanie #grand ducal family of luxembourg

[rootsandwingsboutique]

I have been SPEEDING through America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie. The #historicalfiction #novel takes us back to the days when Patsy Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, was growing up. She saw more of the world than her children ever did, even living in #paris for several years. She lived through wars and tough times but endured through it all and showed those that may have disliked her and her father that she was not going to give up. I highly recommend this novel.

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[diaryoftruequotes]

Grief is like thick morning fog. You breathe it, swim in it, drown in it—or at least you want to drown, but for some damned reason, you keep living, breathing, walking. One foot in front of the other even though you can’t see the path ahead. You tiptoe, and so does everybody else.

Stephanie Dray, The Women of Chateau Lafayette

#Stephanie Dray #The Women of Chateau Lafayette #quotes #book quotes

[yvisoul]

since i've been reading a lot of Hamliza books lately, i'm making a list of all the books i could find that are about/include Hamliza, (or at least Eliza because there isn't much about her!) if anyone is interested:

I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott

Alex & Eliza (A Love Story, Love & War, All for One) by Melissa de la Cruz.

Hamilton's Choice by Jack Casey

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie

A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron

Hamilton's Heart & Hamilton's Hope by Mercy Madison

Elizabeth Schuyler: A Story of Old New York by Mary Elizabeth Springer

Sharing Hamilton by Brian L. Porter, Diana Rubino

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio Of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

(will be updated if i find any other) + (and if you know another book, let me know!)

#hamilton #hamliza #eliza hamilton #elizabeth hamilton #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #i warn you that not all of these books are that good #but there's the list anyway #i'll also make a list about shows/movies that include Eliza #Alexander is easy to find in shows and books #but not Eliza #so i must collect anything i can find about her like little crumbs #i'm not obsessed with them at all!!! #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞✧ hamilton #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞✧ hamliza