by Stephanie Dray | Mar 7, 2022 | Book Clubs, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
One of the most enjoyable evenings I’ve had recently was an event with Adventures by the Book, co-hosted with the marvelous winery, Chateau Lafayette Reneau in the Fingerlake region of New York State. I used to travel there sometimes with my grandparents, who...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 17, 2021 | For Readers, Heroines, Marthe, My Works, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
COVER REVEAL! The Women of Chateau Lafayette is coming out in paperback in March and it’s got a fabulous new spring wardrobe for the occasion. This is a picture of the real castle in the background! (The front side without the tall square tower–the castle...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 13, 2021 | Adrienne Lafayette, Heroines, My Works, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
This week marks a sad anniversary of the so-called Champs de Mars Massacre in Paris France, on July 17, 1791. The country was ostensibly a constitutional monarchy, but the king and the royal family had just fled Paris, only to be recognized on the road, and returned...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 14, 2021 | Beatrice Chanler, My Works, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
On June 19, 1946 Beatrice Chanler passed away. She was traveling by train with French diplomat Alexis Leger, also known as Nobel prize winning poet Saint-John Perse. The two had spent summers together at her home in Islesboro, Maine since his exile from France after...
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 10, 2021 | American Revolution, For Readers, Fun Stuff, If the Hat Fits, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
In 1824, Lafayette made his Farewell Tour, visiting all twenty-four of the then United States. In anticipation of Independence Day I’d like to see him in all 50 states, and you can help!...
by Stephanie Dray | Apr 24, 2021 | Adrienne Lafayette, America's First Daughter, Bloopers, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Here’s one for the blooper file. As I understand it, the chocolate we know it today was not invented until 1847. Until then, chocolate was known and enjoyed as a drink. So why, then, do edible chocolates appear at the end of the 18th century in both...
