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Queen Min, part one
Season 5 Episode 28
This season's internationale world trip heads to the Joseon Kingdom (modern-day Korea) in the late 19th century.
In part one of two, we meet the teena…
4 years ago
Marguerite Steinheil (with Sarah Horowitz)
Season 5 Episode 27
Marguerite Steinheil was a French woman in the 19th century who was embroiled in two pretty tabloid-adjacent deaths: the sex death of the French Pres…
4 years ago
Empress Sisi, part three (with Lana Wood Johnson)
Season 5 Episode 26
This week we get into the third act of Sisi's life story which includes a LOT of horseback riding, a LOT of off the beaten path internationale touris…
4 years ago
Empress Sisi, part two (with Lana Wood Johnson)
Season 5 Episode 25
Last week was the set-up, this week we delve into Sisi's whole deal. Again we're joined by Lana Wood Johnson (author of Technically You Started It an…
4 years ago
Empress Sisi, part one (with Lana Wood Johnson)
Season 5 Episode 24
Empress Elisabeth, known to almost everyone as Sisi, was a Bavarian royal who married the Emperor of Austria (a Hapsburg!!). Because this is an era a…
4 years, 1 month ago
Keeping Up With Les Mazarinettes
Season 5 Episode 23
We all know by now how iconic Hortense Mancini was. Is it any wonder that the other Mazarinettes were just as cool? This week, we tie up the Hortense…
4 years, 1 month ago
Keeping Up With Les Mazarinettes
Season 5 Episode 23
We all know by now how iconic Hortense Mancini was. Is it any wonder that the other Mazarinettes were just as cool? This week, we tie up the Hortense…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hortense Mancini, Duchess du Mazarin: part five
Season 5 Episode 22
This episode gets into Hortense's final years, which involve: two mother-daughter reunions, how she dealt with three rapid changes in who the monarch…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hortense Mancini, Duchess de Mazarin: part five
Season 5 Episode 22
This episode gets into Hortense's final years, which involve: two mother-daughter reunions, how she dealt with three rapid changes in who the monarch…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hortense Mancini, Duchess de Mazarin: part four
Season 5 Episode 21
Bonjour and welcome to Hortense's Salon Internationale! In this week's episode, we learn more about Hortense Mancini's time as Charles II's maitresse…
4 years, 1 month ago