From Gizmodo: Princesses, slaves, and explosives
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From Gizmodo: Princesses, slaves, and explosives
A short film from The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust:
Dementia test tweaked for Gen X: Hirohito out, Oprah in
(Hirohito was the emperor of Japan during the Second World War.)
Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the autobiographical Little House on the Prairie children’s books, wrote that her sister Mary went blind due to scarlet fever, but a brain infection may have been to blame instead.
"The condition that affected Peter the Wild Boy, a feral child… kept as a pet at the courts of George I and II, has been identified."
The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace by Lucy Worsley provides an amusing look at the colorful characters at Kensington Palace from 1714 to 1760, including Peter the Wild Boy.