Scandal-Makers

Thanks to her countless affairs, social snubs, and unhinged debauchery, Daisy Fellowes was called “the most wicked woman in high society”—but when she died, her biggest secret came out.

When George IV took Mary Robinson as his first royal mistress, people called it a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story.

Veronica Franco wasn’t just any courtesan; she was fearlessly radical and openly celebrated her sexuality. But being a feminist in the 1500s had perilous consequences—and she paid in the most heartbreaking way imaginable.

Born of a powerful lord and his African servant, the ruthless Alessandro de' Medici came to rule all of Florence—yet few know his chilling history.

Hortense Mancini once said, “If the events that I have to recount to you seem like something out of a novel, blame it on my unhappy fate rather than my inclination.”

After escaping a childhood of poverty, Madame du Barry took “scandal” to the next level and schemed her way into the glamorous halls of Versailles.