HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the very first author to appear a second time on our podcast, Richard Harding Davis! Today’s all-new episode explores Davis’ 1895 royal romance, The Princess Aline—approved by none other than Queen Victoria herself! And we already know that Amy is a fan… but what does Jacinta think of her very first Dick Davis novel? Tune in to find out!
And for this season’s final history segment, we take a second look at the most beloved Real-Life Gibson Girl of them all—at least by her artist and husband!—Irene Langhorne Gibson.
Learn More about Richard Harding Davis through these other podcast episodes:
Sometimes, Even Today, There Is the Chance Samaritan (S1E4)—our first RHD book review
An Earthquake of the Soul (S1E7)—our first history segment about the Gibson Man
He Had Found His Manhood (S3E7)—our first “Gibson Man Review” episode
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Richard Harding Davis, Charles Dana Gibson, Queen Victoria, Princess Alix of Hesse, Tsar Nicholas II, the Russian Revolution, the Gilded Age, The Prisoner of Zenda, Somewhere in Time, Ward McAllister, the Patriarch’s Ball, Delmonico’s, Irene Langhorne Gibson, Cecil Clark Davis, Fairfax Downey, the Gibson Girl, the Gibson Man, Jeeves and Wooster, P. G. Wodehouse, the Atelier Julien, European tourism, and Ethel Barrymore.