Word: ducal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Empress of Rome. Born in 1567, the son of a physician of Cremona, Claudio Monteverdi quickly nudged the Italian Renaissance out of its hidebound musical stance. As a young master of the madrigal under the patronage of the ducal Gonzaga family of Mantua, he met with success but grew weary of music's rigid rules. The seesaw violin bored him, so he invented the tremolo and pizzicato...
Marguerite shows up on the chaise again, surrounded by sophomoric sycophants, her elderly ducal paramour in the background. Enter Armand. With no gravity-defying leaps, but pedestrianly, and with a disconcerting knee jerk, he moves in on Marguerite. It is love at first sight...
...grand ducal wedding was complete without a gift made by Fabergé. When he opened a branch in London, the entire court of Edward VII was soon in a dither...
...lived, she would now be Duchess of Devonshire, first lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth and a niece by marriage of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Her husband, in all likelihood, would have received his father's commission as grand master of the craft of Freemasons, along with his ducal rank, and, says Joe Kennedy, "I'd be father-in-law of the head of all the Masons in the world...
...ancestor hunters, the British Travel and Holidays Association will recommend professional genealogists or will complete the title search in advance and arrange a visit to ancestral homes. More than 60 French châteaux have been converted to accommodate tourists in the formidable ducal splendor of the 1 3th and 15th centuries at prices ranging from $16-$40 per day for a double, including meals. For the ultimate in converted castles: the Sportsman's Club at Mittersill, Austria. Once-only guests are accepted at $40 to $50 per night for the privilege of trout fishing and hunting...