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Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist. 📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron 📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies

Emily Brand

Anyone with a keener eye than me able to decipher the underlined words here? I have suspicions but the second one I cannot fathom 🫣

Can’t even have a little Yorkshire holiday without the world reminding me I’ve got a book to finish 🧁

Heading into London for a fun history party for the first time in literal YEARS So glad it’s not going to be face-meltingly hot— oh no wait

Book Festival klaxon – yes I’m talking about those pesky Byrons again! People of Notts, I’m at Retford Book Festival this week to chat about the county’s own Wicked Lord: William, 5th Baron Byron Featuring lots of stuff that didn’t make it into the book 🤓 Tix wegottickets.com/retfordbookf...

Never fear friends, my baby solved this non-issue by kindly giving me a scratched cornea & I spent the night in A&E instead 😭

If anyone wonders what my Bluesky feed looks like it’s mostly this sort of thing

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We're especially worried about climate change in archives because there's going to reach a point where it's too hot for corduroy. A lot of archivists will have to fundamentally change their fashion choices. The rest of us will die with our honour.

📜 Historians of Paris! Huge huge long shot 📜 Is anyone at the Archives Nationales main site at any point in the next few weeks, & willing & able to take a few photographs of documents? Happy to pay for your time, whatever you can spare – pls DM me