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After a heart-wrenching love affair in England, Lady Bridget OHara seizes the opportunity to escape to colonial Australia as the companion to Lady Rosamund Tallant, the wife of the newly-appointed governor of Leichardts Land. In Leichardts Town, Bridget—affectionately known as Biddy—reunites with her old friend Joan Gildea, a special correspondent for The Imperialist newspaper. It is during this visit that Biddy encounters Colin McKeith, a rugged Scottish-born pioneer and multifaceted man—drover, miner, occasional politician, and magistrate. Drawn together by their contrasting worlds, ...

A podcast about the life and times of Lady Ryder of Warsaw, known as Sue Ryder, a woman who survived the horrors of war to dedicate her life to helping humanity.

With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school