Afternoon at Hillwood House

To celebrate Thanksgiving, and for a change of scenery, I headed down to our nation's capitol.  On my list of things to do was to visit ...

Guest Blogger Debra Brenegan on The Remarkable Life of Fanny Fern

Scandalous Women is pleased to welcome author Debra Brenegan to the blog today to talk about Fanny Fern, once one of the highest paid column...

Scandalous Movie Review: My Week with Marilyn

Cast Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thor...

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

Sex scandals involving men of the cloth are not new (see Jimmy Swaggart. Jim Bakker, etc.); as far back as 1874 Henry Ward Beecher’s former ...

Scandalous Women around the Blogosphere

Just a quick round up of some links relating to various Scandalous Women. Historian Tracy Borman , whose new book Matilda: Queen of the Conq...

Scandalous Women on Film: Iron Lady Trailer

I can't tell you how excited I am to see this movie. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher? How could this movie go wrong.  Have a look at t...

Winner of The September Queen and more

The Winner of Gillian Bagwell's THE SEPTEMBER QUEEN is....... Teabird Congratulations! I will be emailing you to get your address.  And...

Scandalous Book Review: Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan

• Title: Sybil Exposed • Author: Debbie Nathan • Pub. Date: October 2011 • Publisher: Free Press • Format: Hardcover, 320pp I remember watch...

Movie Review: Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

Cast Sophia Magdalena 'Sophie' Scholl - Julia Jentsch Hans Fritz Scholl - Fabian Hinrichs Robert Mohr - Gerald Alexander Held Else G...

Guest Post: Author Gillian Bagwell on Jane Lane – The Girl who Saved the English Monarchy

Scandalous Women is very pleased to welcome author Gillian Bagwell to the blog today to talk about her new book The September Queen which ca...

Happy Birthday Marie Antoinette!

On this day in 1755, Marie Antoinette (baptised Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna ) was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. No, this ...

Book of the Month: Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War

Title:   Sleeping with the Enemy - Coco Chanel's Secret War Author: Hal Vaughn Pub. Date: August 2011 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publ...