68.5 - Adélaïde d’Orléans, Part 2

Adélaïde’s continued work behind the scenes will quietly shape French history from 1830 through to 1847, and yet history seems to have tried to erase her contribution.

Does she deserve to sit alongside the great matriarchs of French history that came before her?

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This episode features a musical excerpt from the ballet "La fille mal gardée" by Lanchbery Hérold, performed by Barry Wordsworth and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (℗ A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1983 Parlophone Records Ltd.)

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