The Story of the Widow Clicquot

It's no secret that I adore champagne, and my favorite by far is Veuve Clicquot, (Although I won't say no to Laurent-Perrier Rose or...

The First Five Catherines: A Short History

Since the announcement of Prince William's engagement to his longtime girlfriend Catherine Middleton, it has come to my attention, that ...

Christmas with the Plantagenets: The Lion in Winter

"What should we hang? The holly or each other?" Henry II to his assembled family. The Lion in Winter:   (1968 Avco Embassy Picture...

Scandalous Book Review: American Rose

AMERICAN ROSE by Karen Abbott Random House Publishing, December 28, 2010 I have been fascinated by Gypsy Rose Lee ever since I saw the movie...

And the winner of Dear Cousin Jane

The winner of the December giveaway of Dear Cousin Jane as well as Jane and the Damned is MeeYeeHere I will be emailing you shortly to get y...

Happy Birthday Jane Austen and Giveaway!

Dearest Cousin Jane by Jill Pitkeathly Harper Collins, March 2010 From the back cover: In Dearest Cousin Jane, an enchanting new novel that ...

Book of the Month: Catherine of Aragon

The youngest child of the legendary monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) was born to marry for dynastic...

Scandalous Women in Fiction; Susan Fraser King's QUEEN HEREAFTER

QUEEN HEREAFTER - Susan Fraser King Crown Publishing - December 7, 2010 From the back cover: Shipwrecked on the Scottish coast, a young Saxo...

Scandalous Women in Fiction: The King's Daughter by Christie Dickason

THE KING'S DAUGHTER Christie Dickason - Harper Collins November 23, 2010 The daughter of James I, the Princess Elizabeth would not be m...

Scandalous Gifts for the Holidays

Ho Ho, everyone!  For the first time, I thought I would put together a little Scandalous Women Gift guide for the holidays.  There are so ma...

Scandalous Women in Fiction: Helen Hollick's THE FOREVER QUEEN

THE FOREVER QUEEN by Helen Hollick Sourcebooks Landmark, November 1, 2010 From the backcover: Saxon England, 1002. Not only is Æthelred a fa...

Duchess of Windsor's Jewels on Sale at Sotheby's

The late Duchess of Windsor's jewels went on sale again at Sotheby's. The items up for grabs include this gorgeous bracelet made by ...

Scandalous Women in Fashion: Chanel and Isabella Blow

I picked up the following two books recently at the bookstore.  One is a new biography of Chanel entitled, COCO CHANEL: The legend and the L...

Winner of the AFTER THE FALLS giveaway

The winner of the AFTER THE FALLS giveaway is: KATIE MAY Katie, I will be emailing you to get your snailmail address so that I can send you ...

Q&A with Catherine Gildiner, author of AFTER THE FALLS and Giveaway

Welcome to Scandalous Women, Catherine! I can’t tell you how excited I was to read your new memoir AFTER THE FALLS. But I have to ask, how d...

Scandalous Women in Fiction: The Princess of Nowhere

THE PRINCESS OF NOWHERE: A novel of Pauline Borghese, sister of Napoleon - Prince Lorenzo Borghese Harper Collins/Avon A December 7, 2010 Fr...