A member of many of the royal courts of Europe, and featured in several of the plays of William Shakespeare, a jester and entertainer.
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The first transformed into a Lotus Tree for picking lotus flowers; the second dissolved in her own tears to become a spring; the third changing gender in time for their wedding.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 281. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Second […]
His narrative series continued in London, with veteran’s stories, a social gaffe, a modernised version of the prodigal son, and the modern woman in Paris.
From 1859, he established himself as a detailed realist, and painted scenes from Goethe’s Faust. They were followed by the return of the prodigal sone and more.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Second major […]
The interiors of an artist’s studio, realistic or fantastic, those of the Netherlands a century earlier, a cotton office in New Orleans, and more.
He finally achieved success in 1890, and even became a member of the State Parliament. Here’s his curious mix of landscapes and mythology.
The humble vegetable that enabled Europe’s population boom in the 19th century. When diseased by blight, it resulted in more than a million deaths.
Juana the Mad, who refused to let her husband be buried, resurrection of the drowned, funerals in the Carpathians, and fear of being buried alive.
