The Party, The Pie, and the Girl Who Brought Down a Gilded Age Tycoon
byGilded Age New York was a veritable playground for men both bachelor and married alike. From the Lobster Palace restaurants to the Bohemian enclaves…
Scandal
Sin and Scandal in Edwardian Britain: Fraudster Heiress Violet Charlesworth
byThe Edwardian era was an age of reinvention and publicity, and with the right appearance, even the humblest of liars could obtain both. Like…
Sin and Scandal: The Langworthy Case of 1887
byIt’s always interesting to stumble across long-forgotten scandals of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The tragic case of Mrs. Langworthy (née Mildred Sabine…