3, 2, 1... Baroque Chateau for sale

On 25th of August you can bid for Baroque Chateau Bündorf, near Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt.

Starting bid is 120 000 € for several buildings and the 30 000sqm lot. The chateau etc are not in good condition and of course the Memorial Trust will have an eye on any renovations...

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Elizabeth I. and J.J. Rousseau

Tonight on Arte and the upcoming week on Arte+7 you can watch documentaries on Elizabeth I. and Jean Jacques Rousseau. I'm quite excited about the second one and look forward to hopefully many custumed scenes ;-D

 

Btw, the 1995 version of BBCs Pride and Prejudice was broadcasted this and last week. But I haven't watched the German dub version; got the DVD anyway... And who would like to hear Colin Firth speaking in German!? Ugh! *Love the Original*

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Rococo dresses on ebay

On ebay Germany a seller from Hamburg currently offers beautiful dresses from different eras, one from the 18th century. A golden Polonaise from around 1770. Unfortunately not my size... :-(

I copied a photo, rights belong to the seller, of course. Look here:

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New Theme

As you'll well notice, the diary got a new theme design and I hope you'll like it. It is the first step for me to get back to blogging. After amost one year of blogging absence - except for the Research Center Posts - I want to continue the diary. Many changes will take place in the story in general. Some will be published here, some will be kept top secret for the book to come ;-D But I hope you'll enjoy Emmeline's progresses...
There are many gaps in the storyline and I have to sort them out first, but in the meantime I'll try to publish some new parts of the diary - the historical sources like Emmeline's housebooks for instance.

Glad to be back at last,
C.

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July 8th, 2011

Yes, it's the correct date, no typing error...

I'm happy to announce the birth of my sweet baby boy.

Therefore it will take a little time for me to come back to writing or at least to close the gaps that occured while drafting the next posts. They're here on my laptop, but not yet good enough to be published.

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To my readers!

Venerated readers and subscribers of this blog,

I apologize for not posting for a while. My husband had a motorcycle accident and is in hospital for I don't know how long. Therefore I have many other things on my mind and hope you come back for new posts, when I'm again able to write...

Thank you very very much,
C.

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June 25th, 2010

The staff of the Leyland Manor Research Center and the author of the Leyland Manor Diary proudly announce the new Project Homepage: The Leyland Manor Project at Google Sites. The Research Center will soon move completely to the Project Page and will close it's Blogger Adress. You are of course welcome to the new Homepage and we are looking forward to your contributions and feedback!

LM-staff

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