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The Queen of Romance
Episode 182
Over her lifetime, Dame Barbara Cartland would write over 700 books that would sell more than 750 MILLION copies worldwide. Though her books were pri…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Corpse on Trial
Episode 181
When Pope Stephen was putting his predecessor on trial, there were signs that what he was doing wasn't quite right. For one, in the middle of the tri…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Female Pharaoh
Episode 180
From wife and sister of a Pharaoh, to regent to eventually Pharaoh in her own right, Hatshepsut is one of the most compelling figures of the ancient …
1 year, 10 months ago
Death and the King's Favorite (with Benjamin Woolley)
Episode 179
George Villiers was in his early twenties when he caught the eye of King James the VI and I. Almost immediately, George became an intimate "favorite,…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Nun of Monza, Part 2
Episode 178
CW: murder, gore.
Sister Virgina (born Marianna) had made a terrible choice in secret lovers. When a young secular boarder at the convent where she w…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Nun of Monza, Part 1
Episode 177
For plenty of young women in the early modern era, if their families couldn't afford their dowries, they simply shipped them off to a nunnery. That w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lucretia as a Symbol
Episode 176
Why did the Roman Empire do away with kings? Simone de Beauvior would write that, through women, "certain historical events have been set off, but th…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Grand Duchess Above the Barber Shop
Episode 175
History is fascinated by the possible escape of Anastasia Romanov, the Grand Duchess killed alongside her family in the Russian Revolution. But there…
2 years ago
The Daring Prison Break of the Emperor in Exile
Episode 174
When a coalition of European nations invaded Paris in 1815, they offered Napoleon what they believed to be very generous terms of surrender: he would…
2 years ago
The Dinner Party at the End of the Iranian Monarchy
Episode 173
When Mohammad Reza Shah got into a helicopter in 1979, he had no idea that it would be the last time he would ever see his country again. Nor did he …
2 years ago