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Geri Walton

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Geri Walton has long been fascinated by history and the people who create it. As a child growing up in a large family in Utah, she loved to sit around in a big circle with family members, sharing stories. Her father’s many stories—from not only his own childhood but the lives of their ancestor’s—particularly fascinated her.

After a long career in technical writing and publishing in the computer industry, Geri returned to history as her first love. She worked on several different books, articles, and blog ideas before realizing her passion was around the history and people of the 1700s and 1800s. So, she started her current blog in 2013.

Geri lives in Northern California with her husband, son, and two Pomeranians. When she’s not writing, she e ...more

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	Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe 3.74 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cooping: Forced Voting in the 19th Century

Cooping involved politicians paying gangs to kidnap men and have them vote for a specific candidate. It was a common practice in the nineteenth century. To accomplish cooping victims were drugged or forced to drink alcohol and then disguised so that they could cast multiple votes for a specific candidate. In addition, many of the victims of cooping were either homeless or immigrants and, furthermo

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― Geri Walton, Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

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“Marie Antoinette would later say of the cheerful and lively princess; ‘She is the only woman I know … who never bears a grudge; neither hatred nor jealousy is to be found in her.”
― Geri Walton, Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

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“Palais-Royal was originally built to house France’s cardinal in the 1600s. When he died, King Louis XIII took control until eventually it became home to the duc d’Orléans and his son, the duc de Chartres.”
― Geri Walton, Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

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