The Rebel Empresses
Wed, Mar 05
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Time & Location
Mar 05, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
online
About the Event
Join us for a conversation with Nancy Goldstone, author of The Rebel Empresses, and historian Amanda Foreman as they discuss the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era.
About The Rebel Empresses - Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for EuropeWhen they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respectively, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France became two of the most famous women on the planet. Young and beautiful—becoming cultural and fashion icons of their time—they also played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during a tempestuous era characterized by unprecedented political and technological change. Fearless, adventurous, and independent, Elisabeth and Eugénie represented a new kind of empress—one who rebelled against tradition and…