In 1901, two English lecturers met a succession of unusual characters throughout a go to to Versailles. They got here to consider that they’d strayed one way or the other into the thoughts of Marie Antoinette within the 12 months earlier than her execution. On this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll describe the Moberly-Jourdain affair, a historic puzzle wrapped in a dream.
We’ll additionally revisit Christmas birthdays and puzzle over a presidential time period.