Rival Empresses: Eugénie and Elisabeth with N...

The troubadours revolutionize music, art and humanity itself. With music provided by the Unicorn Ensemble! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

A brief history of the Franco-Hungarian connections from Saint Martin to World War II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Eugénie of France was one of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe. Nancy Goldstone's new book Rebel Empresses explores Eugénie's efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era. Order a copy of Nancy Goldstone's book ...  Show more

Josephine and Eugénie, related by marriage, and separated by only a generation, both rose from relative obscurity to become the Empress of France during tumultuous times. The paths of these very different women never crossed, but they both were stars in their own time and left th ...  Show more

We examine Napoleon's private life, with a special focus on the most important person in it: the charming and controversial Empress of the French, Josephine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Topics include: the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, the wars of Frederick the Great, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices