The marriage didn’t begin auspiciously. They postponed their honeymoon when Serge began frequenting a casino in Vigny before their departure. “Each morning I would be presented with an ...

The Portuguese word for "goddess," Eloa was an angel of compassion in Alfred de Vigny's epic 19th-century poem, Eloa or the Sister of Angels. She was said to have been born of the tear Christ shed ...

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The parasol was made out of green silk, had close-linked chainmail, and weighed about 3.5lb. - Marguerite Vigny, aka Miss Sanderson - The finest swordswoman in Edwardian England, she developed an ...