Happy New Year from Scandalous Women

Wishing all of my readers a very healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year.

Scandalous Review: The Horror of Love

Title:    The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London Author:   Lisa Hilton Publisher: Pegasus Publication ...

Hetty Green – America’s First Female Tycoon

I was first introduced Hetty Green during the Bicentennial.   LIFE Magazine had put out a special issue on noted American women during the...

Scandalous Review: The Queen Mother - The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Title:   The Queen Mother - The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Who Became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Author:   Lady Colin Campb...

Scandalous Review: A Royal Affair

Title:   A Royal Affair Cast Mads Mikkelsen as Johann Friedrich Struensee A licia Vikander as Caroline Mathilde Mikkel Følsgaard as Christia...

Katherine Hepburn Exhibit: Dressed for Stage and Screen

  Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Most of the time living in New York is delightful, and the...

Book Review: Constance - The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde

Title:   Constance - The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde Author:   Franny Moyle Publisher: Pegasus Publication date: 10/10...

Election Day Special: Female Heads of State

Today is Election Day here in the United States which got me thinking about the fact that we are one of the few Western nations that has n...

Winner of Marie Antoinetteapalooza

And the winner of the Marie Antoinetteapalooza is: Ashley!       I will be emailing you this afternoon to get your address.  Thanks to every...

November Book of the Month: The Time Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette

Author:  Bianca Turetsky Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers   Publication date: 9/18/2012   Pages: 272   Age range: 8 - 12 Yea...

Treacherous Beauty: The Life of Peggy Shppen Arnold

Since I was had two days off from work thanks to Hurricane Sandy, I had ample time to actually do some research.   I love the Revolutionary ...