Two queens from one island

In this week's episode, we tell the story of Aimee Dubucq de Rivery and Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, two women from the island of Martinique who would become the "power behind the throne" in two of the world's greatest empires. The story by Zia Wesley, starts with The Stolen Girl and one night when two young girls quietly visited a Creole seer in the middle of the night and hear their destiny foretold. One would be captured by corsairs and sold into a seraglio (a harem). From this position, her son would go on to rule an empire. The other cousin would marry, then become a widow, and then marry a young man who would become a world conqueror. Guess who. The two-book series was a riveting read, and in this episode we decided history class should definitely include more sex because it made this story far more interesting. It's a tale of intrigue, murder, eunuchs, royalty, the dance of the seven veils and pomegranate sorbets. Plus, everything seemed to remind us of a song, "St. Elmo's Fire" makes an appearance. And we dare you to listen to this without suddenly singing Istanbul and Constantinople. Is it in your head already? Called it. We hope you enjoy this episode and sing along with us!