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 ...

This impeccably researched, expertly rendered historical from Pataki (The Traitor’s Wife) gloriously recreates the personal dramas surrounding Napoleon Bonaparte. Following the French Revolution, ...

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 ...

The fascinating story of Désirée Clary, a French woman who became Queen of Sweden but never fully fit into royal life.