Society and Scandal in Edwardian England
byWhen we look at portraits of doughty Edwardians, read etiquette books from the period, and watch period films, it is easy to believe society…
Scandal
Fascinating Women: Marguerite Steinheil
byWhen Madame Marguerite Steinheil paid an illicit call on President Félix Faure at the Palais de l’Élysée, no one could have predicted a scandal–and…
The Amorous Life of Edward VII
byThe sexual appetites of King Edward VII are well known: from the scandal of Nellie Cliffden, which Victoria blamed for her beloved Albert’s death,…