In the middle of war, betrayal and a scandal that shocked 14th century Europe, Poland's first female king found a higher calling.

History's Greatest Love Affairs

HGLA Show 23 - Jadwiga of Poland

How could a master of writing about the human condition be so blind to the effects of his own incendiary passions?

HGLA Show 22 - The Forbidden Love of Charles Dickens

Richard and Mildred Loving were roughly awakened in their own bed in the middle of the night by Virginia police for the crime of being married in 1958. Their story changed more than just the law...

HGLA Show 21 - Color Outside The Lines

A real love that has survived over four thousand years? There is such a thing. Meet Kahai and Meritites as they journey through this life and the next.

HGLA Show 20 - Love In Ancient Egypt

Love and death walk hand in hand as we meet star-crossed lovers English poet Percy Shelley and the author of Frankenstein, his wife, Mary Shelley.

HGLA Show 19 - Love and Death - Percy and Mary Shelley

Love's greatest power is it's availability to all - even the unlikable and the unwilling. Impressionist painters Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt were two such souls.

HGLA Show 18 - A Brush With Glory - Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt

Scandal, thunder and immortal fame follow these lovers set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.

HGLA Show 17 - Nelson and Hamilton

Annie Oakley - sharpshooter, icon of the American Wild West and her equally impressive husband of 50 years, fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler.

HGLA Show 16 - Annie Oakley and Frank Butler

The conqueror of the known world - the man known to history as Alexander the Great - and his soul mate Hephaestion.

HGLA Show 15 - Alexander and Hephaestion

Musician husband and wife Clara and Robert Schumann are the pop stars and media influencers of their day in 19th century Europe. Their lives - but perhaps not their destinies - are forever altered when a scruffy young musician appears on their doorstep one day.

HGLA Show 14 - Brahms and The Schumanns

Abelard and Heloise were the pop stars of their day in 12th century Paris. Their forbidden love - and it's bloody consequences - scandalized medieval Europe. This is their story.

HGL Show 13 - Abelard And Heloise

Two of the greatest poets of China's Tang Dynasty are featured in The Pipa Song and The Lament of Li Shangyin. Both poems feature original music composed in this style.

HGLA Show 12 - East Of Eden

Justinian and Theodora rule much of the world in the 6th Century as Emperor and Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Theodora adds new depth to the term "tough love" as she commits one of history's most shocking acts to save her marriage and her throne.

HGLA Show 11 - Justinian and Theodora

This episode includes the song "Bonnie and Clyde". Bonnie and Clyde were infamous folk heroes, murderous thieves or desperate fugitives depending on who was describing them. The one thing they could count on besides an early death? Each other.

HGLA Show 10 - Bonnie and Clyde

A love of the intellect - agape more than eros - is the underlying theme for this month's star-crossed lovers. Genius scientists and devoted to their life together, Marie went on to win two Nobel Prizes as well as performing some heroic feats of medical care on the battle fields of World War One.

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History's Greatest Love Affairs

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