History in the Making

This week, we join Toby live from the European Writer's Festival where he spoke to novelists Beatriz Serrano and Sulaiman Addonia. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

This week, join us live from Hay Festival. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Love, passion, desire and pleasure are running themes in Colette's writing and her life. And that life was seen as really scandalous and even notorious, especially in her younger years. 

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Part two of Colette's story picks up during her marriage to Henri de Jouvenel through the end of her life. Despite her life's many scandals, by the time she died Colette was regarded as a national icon in France.

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Fille de Louis XI et soeur de Charles VIII, Anne a tenu la régence durant la minorité de son frère. Femme de gouvernement, elle développa une cour fastueuse et culturelle à Moulins, faisant de la capitale du Bourbonnais l'une des grandes villes du royaume. 

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Les reines de Paris ont aussi influencé le monde politique de leur temps en usant de leurs charmes. Ces coquettes deviennent espionnes, auprès d’hommes aussi importants que Napoléon III.

"Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de té ...