(Christine) When Napoleon III’s French Empire began to crumble in the late 19th century, his wife was trapped in Paris. Who could possibly help the Bonaparte Empress flee before the mobs got to her? An American dentist named Thomas Evans, of course. We’re kicking off the new year with a podcast about escapes and unlikely allies!
Mozart's Zombie, the Runaway Priest, and the Emperor's Opera
Emperor Akbar, the Mughal Empire, and Divine Faith
Special Edition: Royal Baby Names
Napoleon, Part I: The Man
The Several Defenestrations of Prague
Entertainment in Medieval Towns
Goethe's Werther and the Suicide Effect
Why Simon de Montfort is in the U.S. House of Representatives
Running in the Ancient Olympic Games
Getting Skinny: A Brief History of Dieting
Lepers and Leprosy in the 13th Century
Occupy Alcatraz: Protesting Native American Autonomy
Tulipmania!
The French Revolution Countdown (Part II)
Science, Plague, and Pericles: Reconstructing the Face of Myrtis
Viking Invasions and St. Edmund's Talking Head
Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" and the Indian Mutiny
The French Revolution Countdown (Part I)
Prehistoric Runners and the 'Fall' of the Neanderthals
Drinking in Medieval England
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