Sandra
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| Introduction | I was given a saying the other day, to aim for the Moon and it does not matter if you miss as you will land amongst the Stars. I like this. I also enjoy French and English history, beautiful scenery and music. The colours of Spain with magical flamenco dancing appeal, as does world music and the charms and flavours of Italy and the Mediteranean. I am from New Zealand and there is always an attraction for places on the other side of the world. |
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| Interests | Reading, (fiction and non-fiction), learning about earlier times of England and France, Music, I learned to play the piano many years ago; |
| Favorite movies | The Age of Innocence, Frida, Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I The Golden Years, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, An Officer and a Gentleman, 10, Flashdance, I will include more movies which I have enjoyed at a later date, La Vie en Rose, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Lord Wilberforce (Amazing Grace), Miss Potter,Chocolat,Under the Tuscan Sun, Tea with Mussolini, Shakespeare in Love, |
| Favorite music | Ballet music of Tchaikovsky, Fleetwood Mac, Bic Runga, Hayley Westenra,(Listen to the Wind, Across the Universe of Time, May it Be, Dark Waltz,) Celine Dion,(Falling into You, My Heart will go on,) Jewel, Fairy-tale in New York by the Pogues, I enjoy all sorts of different genres of music, Classical music,Spanish Dances, Russian dances, folk music, and music from earlier eras, Spanish guitar, music which is also wonderful, Spanish Songs, The Lark Ascending, is also a beautiful piece of music for me, as well as classical beautiful music, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt. |
| Favorite books | Angelique and the King by Sergeanne Golon, Katherine by Anya Seton, The Aviary Gate by Katie Hickman, The Lost Letters of Aquitaine by Judith Koll Healy, Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant, A Farewell to France by Noel Barber, Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz, The Sun King's Garden by Ian Thompson, Louis XIV by Vincent Cronin, The Gypsy Tea-Room by Nicky Pellegrino, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Moreton, A Thousand days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi, Georgette Heyer books, Jean Plaidy books (Mary Queen of France The Shadow of the Pomegranate),Santa Montefiore books, Cupid Rides Pillion by Barbara Cartland, which I read many years ago, I will update this list as I think of more favourite books which I have read and enjoyed, The Widow Cliquot The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman who Ruled It by Tilar J Mazzeo, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, The Spirit Wrestlers by Philip Marsden, The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, Princesse of Versailles The Life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy by Charles Elliott, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, Whispers in the Sand by Barbara Erskine, The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox, Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres, Chocolat by Joanne Harris,Holy Fools by Joanne Hariis,Josephine B Trilogy by Sandra Gulland (Tales of Passion Tales of Woe The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B The Last Great Dance on Earth), Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland, Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser, Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser, Midnight is a Lonely Place by Barbara Erskine, The Fire in the Flint by Candace Robb, The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, Mad Madge The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle The First Woman to Live By Her Pen by Katie Whitaker, By the River Piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coehlo, Blood Royal by Elisabeth McNeill, Athenais The Real Queen of France by Lisa Hilton, The Testament by John Grisham, |