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Today We Leave for Mexico
Episode 15
She was born Charlotte of Belgium, before fate re-named her Carlota of Mexico. She and her husband were high-minded, idealistic imperialists, ready t…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Swan King Went Mad
Episode 14
Only days after he was deposed, King Ludwig II of Bavaria died in an apparent suicide. But was it murder? Or was it just the final act of a king who …
6 years, 3 months ago
The Neck and the Necklace
Episode 13
"The Queen's death must be dated from the Diamond Necklace Trial." The nation turned against Queen Marie Antoinette when she became an unwitting pawn…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Ice Queen
Episode 12
Bitterly lonely and abandoned by her family, Anna Ivanovna grew to hate love. And when she became the unlikely Empress of Russia she used her power t…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Wedding Ended in Blood
Episode 11
The wedding between Margot of Valois and Henry of Navarre was meant to end religious fighting in France. It didn't.
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6 years, 4 months ago
Let Him Be Hanged There for a Lamb
Episode 10
Lord Byron has become synonymous with the romantic, creative hero. But it may have been Lady Caroline Lamb, his most famous lover, who truly embodied…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Marquise and Her Poisons
Episode 9
The Marquise de Brinvilliers is a subject of operas and stories, a larger-than-life villainess who murdered her family with poison and almost got awa…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Butler, in the Bedroom, with a Sabre
Episode 8
In the middle of the night on an otherwise quiet spring evening, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, was attacked in his bedchamber by an assailant …
6 years, 5 months ago
The Maybe Queen Arbella
Episode 7
Arbella Stuart was a pawn her entire life—a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I and a valuable marriage prospect to be dangled before foreign pri…
6 years, 6 months ago
What Eye Has Wept for George IV?
Episode 6
When King George IV died, his obituary in The Times read: “There never was an individual less regretted by his fellow-creatures than this deceased ki…
6 years, 6 months ago