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In 1901, two British academics had a strange experience at Versailles. Listen in to learn about the Moberly-Jourdain incident, a tale of time travel and Marie Antoinette’s ghost.
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
Marie Antoinette’s fashion is iconic to this day. But how did she go from frumpy Austrian Archduchess to the reigning Queen of Couture? Three people were behind Marie Antoinette’s fashion transformation. Meet Rose Bertin, Léonard Autié, and Jean-Louis Fargeon. Rose was the Minister of Fashion, Léonard the hairdresser, and Jean-Louis the perfumer and cosmetics purveyor. Tune in!
Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette by Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21945057-fashion-victims
Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution by Will Bashor - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17572143-marie-antoinette-s-head
A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer by Elisabeth de Faydeau - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214919.A_Scented_Palace
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
Marie Antoinette was accused of having affairs with numerous men and women. But there was only one who held her heart. There’s no denying her fondness for Axel von Fersen, but were the two actually lovers? Tune in to learn more about Marie Antoinette’s sultry Swedish sidepiece and his tragic end.
Kirsten Dunst & Jamie Dornan in Marie Antoinette - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ZUz8GGem8
Axel von Fersen bio on the Versailles official site - http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/axel-von-fersen
Research on letters between Marie Antoinette and Axel von Fersen - https://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/decoding-marie-antoinettes-mystery-love-letters-to-a-swedish-baron
TAKE THIS WITH A MASSIVE GRAIN OF SALT: I Love You Madly: Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Secret Letters by Evelyn Farr - https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/30072742-i-love-you-madly
Did Marie Antoinette really say, “Let them eat cake?” NO! Then where did the phrase come from and how did it get attributed to her? Today, we’re talking cake, brioche, and Enlightenment philosophers!
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
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The Scent Archive is a perfume history podcast from Immortal Perfumes. Each episode is a deep dive into the history behind a fragrance, a flower, a bottle — the histories that explain why we reach…