D. H. Lawrence (aged 21 on the left)

famous english poet, born 1885 and died 1930

interestingly, his reputation when he died was “that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents”. however, he’s now valued as a “visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in english literature”.

but god, is he hot or what?

so i know king george vi is already on here, but i saw this pic in my history textbook and am kind of crushing on mystery eyebrow guy in the background as well - thought it’d add to the blog. 

André Gide is one of my biggest history crushes, and I have a lot of them. He was a French Nobel Prize-winning author and lived between 1869-1951. He had many famous friends, for example Oscar Wilde. In his writings he always strived for honesty and genuinity and was a huge defender of homosexuality.

Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France aka Madame Royale aka Duchesse d’Angoulême

She was a Bourbon princess, the first born child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and the only one of her immediate family to survive the French Revolution.

After her release from the Temple Prison in 1795 she was sent to Vienna where she spent 4 years attempting to manipulate the Holy Roman Emperor to release her into the custody of Louis XVIII and her other French relatives. When her wish was granted in 1799 she joined the emigre king, married her cousin the Louis Antoine, Duc d’Angoulême, and spent the next 15 years in exile.

At the time of the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Marie Thérèse triumphantly returned to Paris with Louis XVIII. She became a valued member of Louis’s court and one of his closest advisors, influencing political decisions made during the Restoration (though she is rarely if every given credit for this).

When Napoleon returned for his 100 Days in 1815 Marie Thérèse attempted to fight back against him single handedly when all of her male relatives had already fled the country. For her courage and unflinching devotion to the crown Napoleon paid her the high compliment of calling the Duchesse d’Angoulême “le seul homme de la famille” or “the only man in the family.”

I have a lot of history crushes, but my favourite one might be André Gide (1869-1951), French author, winner of the Nobel prize and friend of Oscar Wilde, with whom he picked up beautiful boys in northern Africa.

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) Quaker, college drop out, artist, musician.    Who knew a Quaker could be such a silver fox? 

Guy de Chauliac is much more than a pretty face. Besides moving the medical field forwards hundreds of years he happened to be alive when the black plague. While priests refused to even give people their last rights he continued to both treat and study the victims. He himself caught the disease but used himself as a test subject.  That’s a man with dedication.

Andrew ‘Sandy’ Comyn Irvine (b. 8 April 1902, d. 8 June 1924) was a British mountaineer and student. At 22, Irvine and fellow history crush George Mallory attempted to be the first to reach the summit of Everest. Sadly, the pair probably didn’t make it to the summit (although this may never be proven or misproven) and the pair perished. Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999, but Irvine’s still remains unfound along with a camera that could finally put the mystery of whether Mallory and Irvine were actually successful in making history. What is known is that Sandy was unbelievably handsome and also a very skilled and intelligent young man….

When people think of C.S. Lewis, usually the image of a balding, paunchy, droopy-eyed older man comes to mind. What most people don’t know is that when Lewis was younger, before he went off to fight in the Great War, he was quite a looker. 

JOHN F KENNEDY.  who does this hot fucker think he is lookin all rugged and holding a dog. i mean COME ON.