Coming up on January 20th is a very special event with the Gilded Gentleman and Bowery Boys Walks.

We are celebrating the birthday of Edith Wharton.

Join me, Carl Raymond, for a special virtual event, an illustrated talk, the private world of

Edith Wharton, exploring her homes and gardens.

On Thursday, January 20th, at 7 o'clock p.m. Eastern Standard Time. And if you are or become a patron

of the gilded gentlemen, certain tiers are invited to a special virtual meet-and-greet reception

with me to chat and to raise a glass to Wharton's birthday. Please visit Boweryboyswarks.com

for all the details and to buy tickets.

To catch a prince, the story of Alice Hina, Monaco's first American princess.

Many people today think that Grace Kelly, the glamorous Hollywood icon of the early 1950s,

became the first American princess of Monaco when she married the dashing Prince Renier

III in the 1956 wedding that captured the attention of the world.

But such is not the case.

Princess Grace had a predecessor, American-born Alice Hina, who wed the then-Prince of Monaco,

Albert I, nearly 70 years before Grace ever set foot

on the rock of Monaco. Well, just who was this first American princess? And what lasting effect

did she have on the principality? And just what were some of the striking and curious

similarities between her and her royal sister Grace?

Hello, I'm Carl Raymond, host of the Gilded Gentleman History podcast.

And as I do, every two weeks, I'm joining you for a look into all the corners light and dark

of America's Gilded Age, Francis Belepuck, and the world of late Victorian and Edwardian London.

And as I do, I'm joining you at tea time, my favorite time of day.

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