Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet and Voltaire

T his post was suggested to me by one of my readers, Kenneth Campbell. I'm fudging a bit on the science stuff because even though I took...

Flora Fraser Book Signing

Historical biographer Flora Fraser will be discussing her new book tomorrow. Tuesday, February 24 12:30 pm -- Idlewild Books, 12 W. 19th Str...

Hollywood's Golden Couple: Gable and Lombard

It was only supposed to be a simple trip. Carole Lombard had been asked by the President to undertake a war bond drive starting in her home...

Scandalous Movie Casting: Bonnie Parker

Anyone who reads the tabloids or watches the infotainment shows has probably heard that Hilary Duff has been cast as Bonnie Parker in a new...

Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson

I'm guest blogging today over at The Risky Regencies about the love affair of Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson. Please stop by and join me!...

Scandalous Women is 'Excessively Diverting'!

Vic at Jane Austen's World just tagged me with The Excessively Diverting Blog Award. I'm so excited and pleased. Now it is my turn...

Catherine the Great and Potemkin

SWF, 44, CEO of large multinational corporation, smart, witty, loves horseback riding, palace coups, and expanding into foreign territories...

Scandalous Movie Review: Impromptu

Impromptu (1991), directed by James Lapine Judy Davis - George Sand Hugh Grant - Frédéric Chopin Mandy Patinkin - Alfred de Musset Bernadett...

Love Gone Wrong: Butchery on Bond Street

On the morning of January 31st, 1857, dentist Harvey Burdell was found brutally murdered in his surgery at his home at 31 Bond Street in New...

Great Historical Romance Month

February means Romance with a capital R here on Scandalous Women. This month, I'll be taking a look at great historical romances that s...