Catherine Curzon

Mohammad Khan Qajar (Agha Muḥammad Khān Qājār; Astarabad, Persia, 1742 – Shusha, Persia, 17th June 1797) Mohammad Khan Qajar,1820 Toda...

Spencer Perceval, KC (London, 1st November 1762 – London, 11th May 1812) Spencer Perceval by George Francis Joseph, 1816 There have be...

King Gustav III of Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden, 24th January 1746 - Stockholm, Sweden, 29th March 1792) King Gustav III by Alexander Rosl...

Paul I (St Petersburg, Russia, 1st October 1754 – St Petersburg,  Russia,   23rd March 1801) Paul I of Russia by Vladimir Borovikovsky,...

It's well known around town that we Gilflurts like a masked ball and our tale today takes us to one such occasion, though it was far fro...

Count Pyotr Alexeevich Palen  (Palmse, Russia, 17th July 1745 – Mitava,  Russia,   13th February 1826) We take a trip to Russia today t...

If you're a French monarch then you should run for cover today as we have an assassin on the loose and he is out to put paid to Louis XV...

Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin (Holstein, Germany, 8th August 1720 –  Varberg, Sweden, 29th May 1796)   Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin by Per K...

Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (Normandy, France, 27th July 1768 – Paris, France, 17th July 1793) Charlotte Corday pain...

Jean-Paul Marat (Boudry, Switzerland, 24th May 1743 - Paris, France, 13th July 1793)  Jean-Paul Marat by Joseph Boze, 1793 "Sho...