tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6042926250020462116..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Annals of Bathing 3: George & CarolineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86451351954867648442011-10-07T17:38:41.003-04:002011-10-07T17:38:41.003-04:00Hehehe! Poor Caroline! I do so love the Shakespear...Hehehe! Poor Caroline! I do so love the Shakespeare quote that has been used with the caricature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40688247079453690772009-10-08T18:18:14.844-04:002009-10-08T18:18:14.844-04:00Maybe he figured the harder he threw it at her, th...Maybe he figured the harder he threw it at her, the more chance he'd have of knocking the filth off...<br /><br />;)<br /><br />theonightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-39602683055232398872009-10-08T18:06:13.076-04:002009-10-08T18:06:13.076-04:00It's rather amazing that George and Caroline a...It's rather amazing that George and Caroline actually managed to have conjugal relations!<br /><br />Nightmusic, I also thought it looked like Pergami was tossing the water with disgust. At the very least, quite vigorously!Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-71481064855309038402009-10-08T11:53:41.080-04:002009-10-08T11:53:41.080-04:00Well yes, history does have her down as not being ...Well yes, history does have her down as not being the sweetest smelling lady around...but GeorgeIV was also meticulous to the point of being compulsive. I think she did herself a great disservice in not taking better care of her hygiene- she was so maligned. I too have always felt sorry for poor Caroline. I think I loved reading about her best in Jean Plaidy's novel, Indiscretions of the Queen.Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-49708413255918925752009-10-08T11:13:59.445-04:002009-10-08T11:13:59.445-04:00I've always felt sorry for Caroline. But at th...I've always felt sorry for Caroline. But at the same time, I've often wondered, how hard would it have been for her to not only bathe, but wash her clothes? It seems a small price to pay.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82443992743144917432009-10-08T10:50:39.272-04:002009-10-08T10:50:39.272-04:00Actually, Pergami looks more as if he's throwi...Actually, Pergami looks more as if he's throwing the water on her in disgust! lol<br /><br />I do remember hearing tales of using sawdust to brush through the hair to clean it though I can't imagine doing that. Yuck. I'll keep my showers and shampoo, thanks ;)<br /><br />I think the 'stink' factor is relative to a certain extent though. We've become a fairly antiseptic society and so, were we to be whisked back in time, we'd find the odors so much more overwhelming even than they did.nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-1640747155031900002009-10-08T08:41:32.085-04:002009-10-08T08:41:32.085-04:00Oh, NHGs, (gulp), these reports are remarkably fas...Oh, NHGs, (gulp), these reports are remarkably fascinating, but a bit overwhelming. Perhaps I've no room to talk, being one known to wear the same "work clothes," or as some call them "pajamas," several days in a row. But this cleanliness issue sorta, as they say in some circles, skeeves me.<br /><br />I will add that I'd rather my historical romance be fairly squeaky clean, 'though poor hygiene and related ills have their places amongst antagonists and evildoers. I remember one author using a villain's progressively debilitating tooth abscesses to particularly good effect. <br /><br />Yet I also remember the late Edith Layton's Restoration era "Fireflower" addressing several issues of fastidiousness, including the hero's telling his potential mistress he preferred his women clean, and demanded she bathe monthly. She also used the lamentable state of court hygiene to indicate his realization that he'd outgrown his less discriminate days...Michelle Buonfigliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518257512285810829noreply@blogger.com