Noble Blood

NASA's Skylab was one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 1970s. But in 1979, t... more

While sailing from France to the New World, Marguerite de La Rocque and her lover were pun... more

Listen to Dana Schwartz's conversation with Kal Penn on his podcast Earsay: An Audible and... more

One of the most glamorous members of the Kennedy clan, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy dazzled and... more

Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was murdered under mysterious circumstan... more

After the Battle of Culloden, the Bonnie Prince Charlie needed to escape to safety. His sa... more

As a courtesan, Veronica Franco would entertain Henry III of Valois in her Venetian home. ... more

In 1820, a group of desperate radicals came up with a violent plan for complete social and... more

On her deathbed, the unmarried "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I declared that her successor woul... more

Æthelflæd's father was Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons, and he marr... more

Why does William the Conqueror get all of the credit when Æthelstan was king of a un... more

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When Peter the Great's son and heir was on trial for treason, the emperor instructed the j... more

Clara Ward was a "dollar princess" from Michigan who married a Belgian prince. But her adv... more

The bloody murder of an adultrous brother and wife was just the beginning for the Malatest... more

In Dante's Inferno, Dante meets two lovers, Paolo and Francesca. Francesca was married to ... more

Frederick II was celebrated as a "renaissance man" who championed education and the arts. ... more

When Martha Ray was 18, she met the Earl of Sandwich. The married Earl took Martha as his ... more

When Baron von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge, he was met with a dismal sight. The soldie... more

Virginia Woolf compared her to a giant cucumber plant. Had she read that, Margaret Cavendi... more

In 'A Room of One's Own,' Virginia Woolf writes of Margaret Cavendish's reputation: "Evide... more

King Arthur is arguably the most famous monarch in British history, the subject of countle... more

King Juan Carlos I had an astonishingly eventful life and ruled as King of Spain for nearl... more

Beethoven wrote an effusive, romantic letter, to a woman identified only as his "Immortal ... more

After Beethoven died, his secretary published an effusively romantic letter the composer h... more

Continuing the theme of exploring Papal history, we discuss Gerbert of Aurillac, AKA Pope ... more

Continuing the theme of exploring Papal history, we discuss Gerbert of Aurillac, AKA Pope ... more

In 1921, Katherine Mansfield wrote a letter to Princess Bibesco which began, "I am afraid ... more

Queen Min was the de facto power behind the throne in Korea, and so she had plenty of enem... more

Through sheer force of will, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski came to America and forced th... more