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Is Paris burning

April 18, 2019 by Lesley Truffle

Is Paris Burning?   Shortly before Paris was liberated by the Allies in August 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered the total destruction of the City of Light. It’s been claimed that the German army placed explosives in readiness around transportation areas, under bridges and around famous monuments and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower. Hitler is … [Read more…]

Posted in: current news, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Adolf Hitler, chimera, City of Light, fire, gargoyles, General Dietrich von Cholitz, grotesques, Lesley Truffle, Liberation of Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Paris

Vive la France

November 24, 2018 by Lesley Truffle

  Vive la France! I’m thinking of taking a trip to Europe next year and Paris is already on the itinerary. I’ve been there a few times but too much Paris is never enough. Cole Porter wrote the lyrics to I Love Paris and just about everyone recorded it. Frank Sinatra sang it for decades, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film, Mavericks & Renegades, Observations Tagged: Audrey Hepburn, Billy Wilder, Cinema du look, Diva, France, Frank Sinatra, French film, French films, Humphrey Bogart, I love Paris, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Lesley Truffle, Paris, Sabrina

The woman who astonished Picasso

August 23, 2017 by Lesley Truffle

Marchesa Luisa Casati When I was doing research for my novel, Hotel du Barry, I read up on luxury European hotels in the early twentieth century. The London and Paris Ritz became my favourite hotels and I discovered the Marchesa Casati because she was a devotee of the Paris Ritz. Her nickname was ‘Medusa of … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, Mavericks & Renegades, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Baron Adolf de Meyer, fashion, Italian, Jean Cocteau, Lesley Truffle, Man Ray, Marchesa Luisa Casati, Paris, Picasso, The Ritz, Venice

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