Breakfast Links: Week of May 2, 2011

Happy Sunday, and a happy Mother’s Day, too, to all the mothers among our readers. In honor of the day, we’re serving up a delectable assortment of links to other blogs and web sites, plus unusual news stories gathered from around the Twitterverse:

 • Pride & uniforms, both imposing: Photographs of Napoleon's Veterans - http://tinyurl.com/3bafwvk

• The Room Where Jane Austen Died: http://t.co/RBy

• Magical flowers: The pretty tansy for magick or just pest control; http://bit.ly/lJP37z

• Illuminated Muffs - They Rob London Fog of Its Terrors (1917): http://twitpic.com/3q8hqw

• Dublin Front Doors - Flickr slideshow - http://bit.ly/agwlAq

• More about ever-fashionable Longchamps:“Hats, Horses, and History” http://bit.ly/ifGnpq

• Royal Society of Chemistry recreate Miss Havisham's wedding cake: http://t.co/6

• On this day in 1938, this royal bride wore Schiaparelli. And Chanel. And vintage. http://bit.ly/mg345S

• Adventures of a Regency pianoforte, 1809: http://bit.ly/j89yoW

• How Prince Harry saved the Royal Wedding & preserved the peace with a hot-pink wiggle-worm: http://aol.it/iT8Bk6

• John Savage 'an indian youth' at Kew in 1769: http://bit.ly/mQlQu2

• The bee as cheeky imperial symbol: The Honey Bees of Napoleon http://bit.ly/lk7Ykk

• Marilyn Monroe's shoes. Quite modest heels compared to stillettos today: http://bit.ly/kLIMDV

• Gold and pearl brooch containing lock of Napoleon's hair to be auctioned in Cornwall: http://bbc.in/jMtB8X

• New free iPhone App via MuseumofLondon brings Roman London to life: http://bit.ly/jAFjP4

• The shirtwaist dress, Donna Reed & TV's impact on US women: http://bit.ly/lr4URn

• Now these are some serious boots, once worn by Thomas Lord Fairfax in 1770s: http://on.fb.me/j5BsqT

• Secrets of the royal tailors: how Prince William kept from fainting & Harry didn't lose the ring: http://bit.ly/iepTWe

• Maria Rye & Victorian child emigration, with a postscript from Emma Jolly of genealogic.co.uk: http://bit.ly/mzeySe

• Unforgettable portraits of 18th-early 19th c Frenchwomen: The Art of Elizabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun - http://bit.ly/mLvNJ2