France

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Elizabeth Charlotte survived one of Europe's most treacherous royal courts, and left behind thousands of letters revealing its darkest secrets.

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She was mistress to a king, but her growing influence over His Highness made her some enemies that would stop at nothing

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The chaos of 14th-century Rome forced the Pope to relocate to France for several decades.

PEOPLE

Berengaria of Navarre's marriage to Richard the Lionheart was an adventure.

PEOPLE

Catherine Monvoisin procured poisons for the elites of France, causing a scandal that rocked France.

PEOPLE

Pierre Picaud went on a quest for personal vengeance, and became the source of the famed novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."



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