"Why The Battle of Waterloo Began With Dancing" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Aug 2015 11:17 p.m. PST |
"What was once described as ‘the most famous ball in history' took place before one of history's most famous battles.Shop ▾The Duchess of Richmond's Waterloo Ball was described by the historian Elizabeth Longford as "the most famous ball in history"—and, damn it, I could have been there. Well, not at the 1815 Brussels original, of course, but at its re-enactment in 1969 by Sergei Bondarchuk for Waterloo, a movie in which Christopher Plummer played Wellington, Virginia McKenna the Duchess, and Rod Steiger a doughy Napoleon. I was covering the production—it was shot in Rome and the Ukraine, then part of the USSR—for the UK's Telegraph Magazine but I missed the Ball scene somehow…"
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 ochoin  | 24 Aug 2015 2:52 a.m. PST |
I'm lead to believe this was the first number played at the Duchess of Richmond's ball: YouTube link |
 deadhead | 24 Aug 2015 4:23 a.m. PST |
David Millers's book, D of R's Ball etc gives total attendance as not more than 200-210 max. Invites obvioulsy more but nothing like the 600 claimed in this article. Dancing to Battle is a very entertaining account of Brussels social life, but, for the Ball itself Miller's book is the reference! |
| ochoin | 24 Aug 2015 1:02 p.m. PST |
But the French don't dance & if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine. |
| Tango01 | 25 Aug 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
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gets started with Flintloque.
