Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In her new novel, The Queen’s Fortune, author Allison Pataki delves into a “good royal drama” — one that happened over two ...

This year there’s a rich new slate of historical works that share the stories of overlooked women who quietly made their mark on history. Books like Katherine Sharp Landdeck’s The Women with Silver ...

Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine ...

Today, as cities repeatedly destroy and rebuild with little hesitation, the story of Désirée and Napoleon III serves as a ...