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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    Apatura iris - the Purple Emperor butterfly, named for the iris flower.
    Two gardens. Two Philippes. Two years of strategic maneuvering before the butterfly finally lands.

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    17 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    The door swung open. “Uncle Philippe?”

    Lorraine looked up from his book gratefully—it really was very dull; he was getting down to the dregs of his collection—and grinned. In the entryway stood little Philippe, with his hands behind his back. He tossed his head like a colt to get one of his curls out of his face, but it fell back a moment later, unbothered.

    “My dear boy! Do come in.”

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    14 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    Early autumn of 1666, Philippe de Lorraine is mourning. His father now gone, he reflects on what he lost, and what he was never afforded. He also finds solace in a good friend, someone who lost his mother, and who knows what it means to always come second.

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    08 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    His lover announces his intention to marry, his feud with his favourite writer keeps escalating, and then there's his pest of a younger brother: all in all, the 14th October 1752 isn't one of Frederick the Great's better days. And that's before it starts repeating itself....

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    20 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    What was it like, being in a polycule with Voltaire, Émilie du Châtelet and Frederick the Great? Madame Denis tells all!

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    20 Mar 2026