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Emmeline Pankhurst, the original suffragette, endured nightmares in prison to secure the right to vote—yet few people know her even darker history.

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Evelyn Nesbit's famous features made her the darling of the Gilded Age, but her dark secrets mirrored the era’s roiling undercurrents.

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Mary FitzRoy, Henry VIII's daughter-in-law, was the most cunning woman in the Tudor Court—but her exploits had a serious body count.

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Ulysses Grant was settling into post-presidential life when he came face to face with financial ruin.

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Tragedy, revenge, and more tragedy. Jeanne de Clisson was a noblewoman turned pirate with one of the wildest lives in history.

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Giulia Farnese was the most irresistible woman in 15th century Rome—and no one had more trouble saying no to her than her lover, the pope.


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