Rodama News
A round-up from 18th-century and Revolutionary France
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Guérin's Robespierre to be auctioned
Monday, 18 November 2024
Glorious French Revolution? (play)
A new play, The Glorious French Revolution (or why it sometimes takes a guillotine to get anything done), opens at the New Diorama Theatre to generally positive reviews.
Saturday, 9 November 2024
For sale - THE diamond necklace.
All eyes will be on Sotheby's Geneva this November, when a necklace, thought to contain diamonds from the scandalous diamond necklace of 1784, comes under the hammer.
Friday, 8 November 2024
"Exceptional" Christies sale
Christies have announced the highlights of their ninth "Exceptional sale" which will take place on 20th November.
Thursday, 7 November 2024
New Revolutionary postage stamps
On 12th November the French post office is to issue two new stamps in its "Great Hours of French History" series. The event depicted will be the women's march to Versailles on 5th October 1789.
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Madame du Châtelet (new book)
The New Yorker for 28th October publishes a review by Adam Gopnic of Andrew Janiak, The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman: Émilie du Châtelet and the Making of Modern Philosophy (available in the UK at the end of January 2025)
Friday, 1 November 2024
Augustus the Strong
Tim Blanning's new book, Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco was published on 3rd October. It's (almost) enough to make you forsake 18th-century France for 18th-century Germany...
Saturday, 26 October 2024
Marie-Antoinette's library
Here is an interesting article, just published in a local US newspaper, with some useful references to Marie-Antoinette's libraries.
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Flying tables....
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Revolution podcast
Recently updated: "The French Revolution" on The Rest is History podcast with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
A Swiss guillotine
A new post on Atlas Obscura features a surviving Revolutionary guillotine on display at the Tavel House in Geneva.
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Times article on the Carnavalet FR expo.
Adam Sage publishes an article in The Times for 15th October on the new French Revolution exhibition at the Carnavalet.