Charlotte lived for another sixty years after her husband’s execution, but it was not the glamorous life she had once envisioned.
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Charlotte’s Web
In 1864 a Belgian princess sat on the throne of the new Mexican Empire. Charlotte, known to her Mexican subjects as Carlota, had sailed from Europe with the utmost excitement and hope – which made how her story ended that much more devastating.
Charles VI: Mo’ Land, Mo’ Problems
Synthesizing history and science to examine how one man’s schizophrenia led to decades of war and the establishment of the bureaucratic state.
Charles VI: Game of Thrones
The story of how Charles VI of France went from “Beloved” to “Mad” full of murder, mad kings, family feuds and backstabbing.
Uneasy Lies the Crown 