The story of Henriette Delille is anything but ordinary. Based on a true story, The Courage to Love explores a little known time in Lousianna’s history. When the “Americans” were a threat to the way of life, and free women of color were openly kept by rich white benefactors. The children of such matches, known as Quadroons (if they had a quarter of non-white “blood” or Octaroons (for an eighth) where prepared by their mothers to attend balls, where their suitors would pledge their keeping for a year or a lifetime. The law forbad the marriage between persons of mixed … Continue reading →

Fortunes rise and fortunes fall. Four young American Women, living in the world of 1870s England find themselves sailing the treacherous waters of the social world of the well to do. Will they break themselves against the reefs or sail successfully to shore, loaded down with treasure? The Buccaneers, a 1995 BBC miniseries is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel by the same name. Wharton, who grew up in the elite circles of 19th century society, a contemporary of the Astons and the Vanderbilts, knew all about the pressures of marriage and position that might befall a young American, whose … Continue reading →