Empress Eugénie

Famous for being famous – the scandalous life of the Countess of Castiglione

10 October 2026 9:00 am

Spy, courtesan and femme fatale, the Italian aristocrat was considered one of the most beautiful women of 19th-century Europe – as well as one of the cruellest and most profligate

Edward VII, portrayed in the French press hurrying across the Channel to the delights of Paris

Nights at the Opéra

7 June 2014 9:00 am

Stephen Clarke lives in Paris and writes book with titles such as 1,000 Years of Annoying the French. Dirty Bertie…