Tag Archives: Hippolyte Paul Delaroche

the have-nots : not dark yet

Not sure the validity of all the figures here; as Jack Welch pointed out in the government job figures, there is always some jigging and jiving that can be teased out of the data; manipulation of numbers is a combination … Continue reading

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french kiss-off

The skeptical court examined her jealously, but Charles VII, in private conversation with Joan of Arc, was convinced of her probity and place her at the head of an army. Joan believed herself sent from God to drive the English … Continue reading

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BEFORE THE AXE FALLS

Just raise your hand to signal when you’re ready.The death warrant of King Charles I required that he be put to death by the severing of his head from his body between the hours of ten in the morning and … Continue reading

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