Sex and love

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Pod Edward Brooke H Love WL

Love: a weird & wonderful history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Regency parson officiates at a wedding ceremony in a country church, 1820

How to survive a Regency marriage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte to Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise

Napoleon’s other wife: who was Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise?

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais: how Napoleon’s muse became empress of France

Diana and Charles in Canada, 1986

Charles and Diana: a history of their marriage

Portrait of Elizabeth Linley

8 scandals that shocked Georgian Britain

Alicia von Rittberg as Princess Elizabeth in Becoming Elizabeth

Becoming Elizabeth The real history behind the new Tudor drama

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Pod Honor Cargill-Martin WL

Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julius Caesar meets Cleopatra in this 18th-century painting

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh’s love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt’s fate

Composite image of depictions of Queen Cleopatra

The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?

A painting depicts Frederica, the bride- to-be of Frederick, Duke of York, meeting in-laws George III and Queen Charlotte for the first time

The scandals that rocked Queen Charlotte’s court

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

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Philip Augustus of France (left) and Richard I of England

Medieval masculinity What Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tales of romance The historical love stories behind 5 British castles . This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

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The Love Letter, 1834.

How to write a love letter 6 tips from the historical figures who did it best . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.