My article, “The Allure of the Royal Mistress” is now available on The Huffington Post. Below, I have images of the women I mention in the article:
1) Aspasia, mistress of Pericles:
2) Queen Cleopatra of Egypt:
3) Diane de Poitiers:
4) Anne Boleyn:
5) Nell Gwynn:
Image: © National Portrait Gallery, London. “Eleanor (‘Nell’) Gwyn” by and published by Thomas van der Wilt, 1687
6) Barbara Palmer (Villiers):
© National Portrait Gallery, London. “Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland.” Lely
7) Madame de Montespan:
8) Madame de Maintenon:
9) Elizabeth Villiers:
10) Wallis Simpson:
I hope you enjoyed the article! 🙂
You missed Camilla Parker Bowles … or will I lose myhead for mentioning her????
I try not to mention living historical figures…especially those I run into on occasion 😉
That, and I had already exceeded my maximum word count allowance! Oops!
Nicely done! How about the notorious Madame de Pompadour? She’s always fun to read about 🙂 But I’ll forever be a Villiers fan.
Yes! Indeed, but I had already exceeded the word count I was asked to do. I do have something in mind for a future project though… 😉
(and thank you!)