Today we’re talking to Catherine Ostler and her book Duchess Countess, all about the extraordinary and perfectly scandalous life of Elizabeth Chudleigh.

Why was she one of the most famous women of the 18th century? Did she really meet Catherine the Great? How did a girl from the English countryside end up running a vodka distillery in the Baltics AND owning a Chateau in France?

Let’s find out more...

Welcome, Catherine!

Get Duchess Countess:

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Duchess-Countess/Catherine-Ostler/9781471172564 (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-duchess-countess/catherine-ostler/9781471172588 (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-duchess-countess/catherine-ostler/9781471172588 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Duchess-Countess/Catherine-Ostler/9781471172571 (USA)

https://www.harvard.com/book/9798885781565 (USA)

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-duchess-countess-the-woman-who-scandalized-eighteenth-century-london_catherine-ostler/28709068/item/54714174/ (USA)

Find Catherine:

https://www.tatler.com/article/catherine-ostler-the-duchess-countess-elizabeth-chudleigh-book

https://www.catherineostler.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ceostler/

https://x.com/CatherineOstler

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/scandalous-duchess-inspired-vanity-fair-life-like-elizabeth/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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