Podcasts about grimaldis

Associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa, Italy and of the Principality of Monaco

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Fartygspodden
Vecka 15, 2025: "Rusning till varven!"

Fartygspodden

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 24:57


Världsekonomin har haft bättre stunder än just nu, men när det gäller fartygsbyggande tycks det vara tvärt om. Veckan har slagit alla rekord när det gäller nyheter om nybeställningar. Hör veckans avsnitt om Carnivals nya ACE-projekt, om nybyggena till AIDA Cruises och givetvis om Grimaldis megaorder på nio nya ropax-fartyg, varav tre ska gå för Finnlines. Välkomna ombord! /Christopher & Patrik

The Retrospectors
Let's Capture Monaco

The Retrospectors

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 12:01


According to legend, François Grimaldi and his brother Ranieri executed a bold plan to seize control of Monaco's iconic rock on 8th January, 1297. Disguised as Franciscan monks seeking refuge, they gained access to the fortress under false pretenses… only to reveal their true intentions by overpowering the guards and taking the stronghold. The House of Grimaldi remains the monarchy of the microstate, over seven centuries later. Monaco's appeal has always revolved around its strategic rock. Since ancient times, this geographical feature has served as a vital lookout and defence point over the Mediterranean. It wasn't until 1297, amid the turbulent Guelph and Ghibelline conflicts—where local loyalties were deeply entangled in the rivalries of the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor—that the Grimaldis seized their opportunity. Their success against Genoan control marked the start of an initially turbulent history, with Monaco's sovereignty repeatedly contested until the principality solidified its independence. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal that Monaco, now synonymous with wealth, was in fact once the world's poorest country; explain where the ‘Carlo' in ‘Monte Carlo' comes from; and question whether ‘The Grimaldi Curse' can really be evidenced… Further Reading: • 'How the Grimaldis came to live on the Rock' (Monaco Life, 2023): https://monacolife.net/how-the-grimaldis-came-to-live-on-the-rock/ • ‘The Basics; Why Is Monaco A Country?' (The New York Times, 2005): https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/weekinreview/the-basics-why-is-monaco-a-country.html?searchResultPosition=27 • ‘MONACO: MONTE CARLO: 700TH ANNIVERSARY OF GRIMALDI DYNASTY' (AP Archive, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1M8H-XcOMo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sonntagsspaziergang - Deutschlandfunk
Der Narr von Islington - Auf den Spuren Joseph Grimaldis

Sonntagsspaziergang - Deutschlandfunk

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 10:52


Rieger, Jennifer www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sonntagsspaziergang

Fartygspodden
Vecka 19, 2024: "Ett skeppsvin blir till"

Fartygspodden

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 32:26


God dryck är ett måste på alla kryssningar, men hur gör rederierna för att välja ut sitt sortiment? Fartygspodden fick höra allt om hur Tallink Silja jobbar under en bryggsegling på Silja Serenade. I detta avsnitt snackar vi dessutom om Birger Jarls framtid, skrot eller kryssningar från Göteborg? Och om Grimaldis storplaner, om Cunards fjärde drottning Queen Anne och om rederiet som satsar på nakenkryssningar. Välkomna ombord! /Patrik och Christopher

Royal Watch
#25 Edward und Wallis: zwischen Liebe und Pflicht

Royal Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 66:03


Sie gelten als die Sussexes ihrer Generation: Edward VIII und seine Angetraute Wallis Simpson. Der Onkel Queen Elizabeths, der nur ein knappes Jahr auf dem britischen Thron saß und die zweifach geschiedene Amerikanerin, die der Grund für dieses kurze Regierungsintermezzo war, werden für ihre "Liebe gegen alle Widrigkeiten" teils ziemlich romantisiert. Tatsächlich liegen der schnellen Abdankung Edwards höchstwahrscheinlich andere Dinge zugrunde als die reine Liebe zu einer unstandesgemäßen Frau. Connie geht den frühen Jahren Edwards heute auf den Grund und führt uns durch seine Biografie bis hin zur Abdankungskrise bevor wir uns dann in der nächsten Folge ansehen, welche Verbindungen Edward und Wallis zum Nationalsozialismus pflegten. Im Royal Spotlight beschäftigen wir uns heute mit dem Fluch der Grimaldis, wir feiern Ostern mit der buckligen Verwandtschaft und echauffieren uns mal wieder über den Kriegshelden Andrew und wir sprechen über Kates Krebserkrankung. Zu guter Letzt werfen wir noch einen Blick nach Dänemark, dort liebäugelt nämlich jemand mit dem Modeldasein. Schaltet ein, wir freuen uns auf euch!

Trashy Royals
33. Monaco's Grimaldis and Princess Grace's Scorpio Party

Trashy Royals

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 64:02


The House of Grimaldi has ruled the tiny principality of Monaco since January 8, 1297, when Francois "The Spiteful" Grimaldi disguised himself as a monk and knocked on his uncle's castle door, launching a coup. In the violence that followed, according to legend, a woman - possibly a lover of Francois, possibly a witch he had wronged (can't it be both?) - issued a curse that has resonated across the centuries: "Never will a Grimaldi find true happiness in marriage." The Grimaldi family was considered scandalous enough in Queen Victoria's time that she forbade any of her close relatives to marry into it, leading Prince Albert I of Monaco to marry an American heiress in 1889 - a precedent that would matter decades later when Prince Rainier III, urged on by none other than shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, began interviewing Hollywood A-listers for a very special role: Princess of Monaco. Which is how Grace Kelly abandoned the big screen for the Rock of Monaco, and would go on to celebrate her 40th birthday in High Scorpio style. Listen ad-free at patreon.com/trashyroyalspodcast. Sources The Grimaldis of Monaco: Centuries of Scandal, Years of Grace, by Anne Edwards (Amazon) Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess, by James Spada (Amazon) Elizabeth Taylor: There is Nothing Like a Dame, by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince (Amazon) A Detailed Look at the Many Romances of Prince Albert of Monaco (esquiremag.ph) Portrait of Princess Caroline: Love and Philanthropy (hellomonaco.com) Who is Giving Prince Ernst August a little TLC During his Marital Strife? (vanityfair.com) Is Princess Caroline the Latest Victim of the Grimaldi Family Curse? (vanityfair.com) A Runaway Princess Bride and Feudal Feuds: Three Insane Royal Weddings (vanityfair.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reich, schön, tot - True Crime
#97 Grace Kelly und der Fluch der Grimaldis

Reich, schön, tot - True Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 59:46


Auf diese Folge haben wir uns schon lange gefreut! Heute sprechen wir nämlich über die Frau, die unser Bild von Schönheit und Stil für Jahrzehnte geprägt hat. Eine Frau, die einen Oscar, einen Fürsten, eine Bilderbuchfamilie und ein Luxusleben in der Sonne hat. Bis sie auf tragische und mysteriöse Weise zu Tode kommt. Bei uns geht es heute um Grace Kelly. Und damit herzlich willkommen bei Reich, schön, tot - dem True Crime Podcast aus der Glitzerwelt. Wir berichten über wahre Verbrechen, in denen die reichen, berühmten und schönen Menschen dieser Welt ihre oft dramatischsten Hauptrollen spielen. Mal als bemitleidenswerte Opfer, mal als eiskalte Killer. Denn eines können wir euch mit Sicherheit sagen - weder Reichtum, Ruhm noch Schönheit schützen vor Verbrechen ... ganz im Gegenteil! Wir freuen uns auf euch, jeden Montag! Wir, das sind Nadine und Susanne, haben ein Faible für die verrückte Glitzerwelt in der Glamour und Grabstein manchmal ganz nah beieinander liegen. Wir freuen uns über Feedback, Themenvorschläge und Eure Meinungen unter reichschoentot@julep.de oder bei Instagram @reichschoentot ***Podimo (Werbung)*** Reich, schön, tot ist ein Podcast der Julep Studios und Podimo. Wenn du mehr hören willst, findest du weitere Folgen in der Podcast App Podimo. Du kannst 30 Tage lang kostenlos diesen und viele weitere exklusive Podcasts und Hörbücher hören. Gehe dafür einfach auf den Link https://go.podimo.com/de/reich Du kannst das Probeabo jederzeit kündigen. Du wirst auf der Seite deine Bezahldaten hinterlegen müssen, um deine Anmeldung abzuschließen. Aber keine Sorge, wenn du innerhalb der 30 Tage kündigst, zahlst du natürlich keinen Cent. Wenn du nach Ablauf deines Probeabos bei Podimo bleiben willst, zahlst du im Monat 4,99€ und bekommst weiterhin Zugriff auf alle exklusiven Podcasts und Hörbücher der App. ***Links zum Fall*** Foto von Grace Kelly: https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/hier-und-heute/grace-kelly-122~_v-ARDFotogalerie.jpg *** Foto von Grace Kelly mit Oscar: https://image.gala.de/22576738/t/LI/v4/w1440/r0.6667/-/grace-kelly.jpg *** Grace Kelly auf dem Cover der Cosmopolitan (1955): http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DfgCWcXvxGQ/UqmgugABgYI/AAAAAAAA0YM/MBum_Hpmcxo/s1600/Cosmopolitan_Apr+1955.jpg *** Foto von Grace Kelly und Prince Rainier bei ihrem Kennenlernen: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/77/d3/33/77d3332696e0389eeee12a4aa6cb54a1.jpg *** Weiteres Foto vom Kennenlernen: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/f3/5a/edf35a647e47cbd3c2935e9fde733eeb.jpg *** Video von Grace Kellys Ankunft in Monaco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYT2bqzWP5c *** Video der Hochzeit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOKFzRHm14 *** Video, das die Strecke zeigt, die Grace Kelly gefahren ist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlW3GjzI-G8 *** Musikvideo „Irresistable“ von Stephanie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbK2YX1EK_8 ***Wir übernehmen keine Haftung für die Inhalte externer Links*** Eine Produktion der Julep Studios im Auftrag von Podimo ***Diese Episode wurde ursprünglich am 27.06.2022 exklusiv bei Podimo veröffentlicht und steht Dir ab sofort überall zur Verfügung, wo es Podcasts gibt.***

Unbreakable- The Donato
Grimaldi's- Season 2. Episode 1

Unbreakable- The Donato "Danny" Nappi Story

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 20:54


Episode 1 Season 2Danny, Danny Jr. and Zee talk about some stories that happened in the legendary restaurant Girmaldi's in Utica during the 1970s and 80s.Unbreakable is Presented by United Auto Sales  4994 Commerical Drive. Yorkville NYUnited Auto SalesStathis Greek RestaurantJoey's at 307Photo Credit: Utica Observer-Dispatch Archives 

This Never Happened
Episode 4: Family Curses/Including the KARDASHIAN CURSE!

This Never Happened

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 49:47


The Kennedys, The Kardashians, The Grimaldis... It seems like everybody has a family curse these days. When are WE going to get ours?! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Oooh, Spooky
Episode 154 - Atlantis Two, Bishop Egwin, El Dorado, Fox Sisters, Monaco Grimaldis

Oooh, Spooky

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 39:15


Or Atlantean Deux, Knight Chickenlose, Ca Dillac, NBC Brothers, Chanderlo Grimwoolworth's

Säker stil
Sommarens bästa stil, HENNE googlar vi och Grimaldis ALLA skandaler

Säker stil

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 33:12


Kungligt bröllop i Monaco, den perfekta sommarstilen och Grimaldis skandaler... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You Totally Made That Up
Family Forks

You Totally Made That Up

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2019 58:49


Episode 3: Join Nash and Tiff as they climb a few cursed family trees, and talk about some fallen members who hit every branch on the way down. (Coburg-Kohary, Habsburgs, Grimaldis, Kennedys, the Hayden family of Vermont) If you're new to the podcast, welcome! We recommend you start with a more recent episode, then come back to these earlier ones if you're enjoying the show, as - naturally! - we were still getting things like audio, editing, and style squared away in the beginning. | Show Notes, Credits, and more at our blog | | Tumblr @youtotallymadethatup | | Twitter @YTMTUpodcast | | Instagram @youtotallymadethatup | | We want to hear your personal & local spooky tales! Email us: youtotallymadethatup@gmail.com | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What's Eric Eating
Episode 28 - Robert Del Grande of Cafe Annie

What's Eric Eating

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 69:40


This week on What's Eric Eating, CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler is joined frequent guest co-host restaurant consultant Nathan Ketcham. The guys go through some of the latest news from the Houston restaurant and bar scene including, former Dynamo star Brian Ching opening a soccer themed sports bar, Le Peep moving locations, Southern Goods damaged by a fire, and much more! In the Restaurants of the Week section the guys discuss Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse and Grimaldis. In the Guest of the Week portion, brought to you by 8th Wonder Brewery, Eric and Nathan are joined by Robert Del Grande, the owner and executive chef of Cafe Annie. The guys discuss with Robert how changes to Cafe Annie have been received, when did the shift in the menu at Cafe Annie happen, being left off the Chron's top 100 restaurant list, and Eric puts Robert through the vaunted What's Eric Eating Lightning Round!

New Books in Popular Culture
Mark Braude, “Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle” (Simon and Schuster, 2016)

New Books in Popular Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 62:36


Mark Braude’s Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Simon and Schuster, 2016) tells the captivating story of the rise of Monte Carlo as Europe’s most famous casino-resort from the second half of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1920s. In a series of fascinating chapters, Braude takes readers through the history of this modern, luxury playground, from the legalization of gambling in Monaco in 1855, through a rise of the site in the decades that followed, a period of decline after the First World War, and a revival during the Jazz Age of the interwar years. Throughout, Making Monte Carlo follows the lives of individuals, families, companies, and a larger network of player-consumers, workers, and witnesses. Center-stage are the members of the Blanc family who first opened Le Grand Casino de Monte Carlo in 1858 and controlled the Societe des bains de mers (SBM). The SBM is Braude’s main archival source for the inside story of casino plans, management, and operations. The book also engages the lives and interests of the Grimaldis, the dynasty that presided over the tiny principality that became a haven for gaming and entertainments, a center of risk and adventure, of fantasy and speed. And then there are those who came to game, to work, to be entertained, and to watch. A number of participants would tell their stories, contributing to a mythologizing that made of Monte Carlo a destination whose imaginative dimensions exceeded by far its physical area. Making Monte Carlo is at once a history of commercial and business interests and of the rapid and remarkable changes in modern culture that took place in the period covered by Braude’s chapters. This was an era of the proliferation of mass spectacle, of advertising and marketing, of innovations in the technologies of leisure, recreation, transport, and tourism. It was an age that saw the emergence of new forms of capitalist exploitation and imagination, of transformations in the idea of selling and in the selling of ideas. Considering the impact of Monte Carlo’s development on tourists rich and less-so, on the workers who made the casinos, hotels, and clubs run, and on all those (in Monaco and beyond its small territory) who witnessed the spectacle as it unfolded, the book will be a compelling read to anyone interested in the place itself, as well as all those cultural dreams it has sought to encourage and represent since its inauguration as a high-end, high-stakes capital. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. A historian of culture and politics in the twentieth century, her current research focuses on the representation of nuclear weapons and testing in France since 1945. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Mark Braude, “Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle” (Simon and Schuster, 2016)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 63:01


Mark Braude’s Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Simon and Schuster, 2016) tells the captivating story of the rise of Monte Carlo as Europe’s most famous casino-resort from the second half of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1920s. In a series of fascinating chapters, Braude takes readers through the history of this modern, luxury playground, from the legalization of gambling in Monaco in 1855, through a rise of the site in the decades that followed, a period of decline after the First World War, and a revival during the Jazz Age of the interwar years. Throughout, Making Monte Carlo follows the lives of individuals, families, companies, and a larger network of player-consumers, workers, and witnesses. Center-stage are the members of the Blanc family who first opened Le Grand Casino de Monte Carlo in 1858 and controlled the Societe des bains de mers (SBM). The SBM is Braude’s main archival source for the inside story of casino plans, management, and operations. The book also engages the lives and interests of the Grimaldis, the dynasty that presided over the tiny principality that became a haven for gaming and entertainments, a center of risk and adventure, of fantasy and speed. And then there are those who came to game, to work, to be entertained, and to watch. A number of participants would tell their stories, contributing to a mythologizing that made of Monte Carlo a destination whose imaginative dimensions exceeded by far its physical area. Making Monte Carlo is at once a history of commercial and business interests and of the rapid and remarkable changes in modern culture that took place in the period covered by Braude’s chapters. This was an era of the proliferation of mass spectacle, of advertising and marketing, of innovations in the technologies of leisure, recreation, transport, and tourism. It was an age that saw the emergence of new forms of capitalist exploitation and imagination, of transformations in the idea of selling and in the selling of ideas. Considering the impact of Monte Carlo’s development on tourists rich and less-so, on the workers who made the casinos, hotels, and clubs run, and on all those (in Monaco and beyond its small territory) who witnessed the spectacle as it unfolded, the book will be a compelling read to anyone interested in the place itself, as well as all those cultural dreams it has sought to encourage and represent since its inauguration as a high-end, high-stakes capital. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. A historian of culture and politics in the twentieth century, her current research focuses on the representation of nuclear weapons and testing in France since 1945. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in European Studies
Mark Braude, “Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle” (Simon and Schuster, 2016)

New Books in European Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 62:36


Mark Braude’s Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Simon and Schuster, 2016) tells the captivating story of the rise of Monte Carlo as Europe’s most famous casino-resort from the second half of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1920s. In a series of fascinating chapters, Braude takes readers through the history of this modern, luxury playground, from the legalization of gambling in Monaco in 1855, through a rise of the site in the decades that followed, a period of decline after the First World War, and a revival during the Jazz Age of the interwar years. Throughout, Making Monte Carlo follows the lives of individuals, families, companies, and a larger network of player-consumers, workers, and witnesses. Center-stage are the members of the Blanc family who first opened Le Grand Casino de Monte Carlo in 1858 and controlled the Societe des bains de mers (SBM). The SBM is Braude’s main archival source for the inside story of casino plans, management, and operations. The book also engages the lives and interests of the Grimaldis, the dynasty that presided over the tiny principality that became a haven for gaming and entertainments, a center of risk and adventure, of fantasy and speed. And then there are those who came to game, to work, to be entertained, and to watch. A number of participants would tell their stories, contributing to a mythologizing that made of Monte Carlo a destination whose imaginative dimensions exceeded by far its physical area. Making Monte Carlo is at once a history of commercial and business interests and of the rapid and remarkable changes in modern culture that took place in the period covered by Braude’s chapters. This was an era of the proliferation of mass spectacle, of advertising and marketing, of innovations in the technologies of leisure, recreation, transport, and tourism. It was an age that saw the emergence of new forms of capitalist exploitation and imagination, of transformations in the idea of selling and in the selling of ideas. Considering the impact of Monte Carlo’s development on tourists rich and less-so, on the workers who made the casinos, hotels, and clubs run, and on all those (in Monaco and beyond its small territory) who witnessed the spectacle as it unfolded, the book will be a compelling read to anyone interested in the place itself, as well as all those cultural dreams it has sought to encourage and represent since its inauguration as a high-end, high-stakes capital. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. A historian of culture and politics in the twentieth century, her current research focuses on the representation of nuclear weapons and testing in France since 1945. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in French Studies
Mark Braude, “Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle” (Simon and Schuster, 2016)

New Books in French Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 62:36


Mark Braude’s Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Simon and Schuster, 2016) tells the captivating story of the rise of Monte Carlo as Europe’s most famous casino-resort from the second half of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1920s. In a series of fascinating chapters, Braude takes readers through the history of this modern, luxury playground, from the legalization of gambling in Monaco in 1855, through a rise of the site in the decades that followed, a period of decline after the First World War, and a revival during the Jazz Age of the interwar years. Throughout, Making Monte Carlo follows the lives of individuals, families, companies, and a larger network of player-consumers, workers, and witnesses. Center-stage are the members of the Blanc family who first opened Le Grand Casino de Monte Carlo in 1858 and controlled the Societe des bains de mers (SBM). The SBM is Braude’s main archival source for the inside story of casino plans, management, and operations. The book also engages the lives and interests of the Grimaldis, the dynasty that presided over the tiny principality that became a haven for gaming and entertainments, a center of risk and adventure, of fantasy and speed. And then there are those who came to game, to work, to be entertained, and to watch. A number of participants would tell their stories, contributing to a mythologizing that made of Monte Carlo a destination whose imaginative dimensions exceeded by far its physical area. Making Monte Carlo is at once a history of commercial and business interests and of the rapid and remarkable changes in modern culture that took place in the period covered by Braude’s chapters. This was an era of the proliferation of mass spectacle, of advertising and marketing, of innovations in the technologies of leisure, recreation, transport, and tourism. It was an age that saw the emergence of new forms of capitalist exploitation and imagination, of transformations in the idea of selling and in the selling of ideas. Considering the impact of Monte Carlo’s development on tourists rich and less-so, on the workers who made the casinos, hotels, and clubs run, and on all those (in Monaco and beyond its small territory) who witnessed the spectacle as it unfolded, the book will be a compelling read to anyone interested in the place itself, as well as all those cultural dreams it has sought to encourage and represent since its inauguration as a high-end, high-stakes capital. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. A historian of culture and politics in the twentieth century, her current research focuses on the representation of nuclear weapons and testing in France since 1945. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in History
Mark Braude, “Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle” (Simon and Schuster, 2016)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 62:36


Mark Braude’s Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Simon and Schuster, 2016) tells the captivating story of the rise of Monte Carlo as Europe’s most famous casino-resort from the second half of the nineteenth century to the end of the 1920s. In a series of fascinating chapters, Braude takes readers through the history of this modern, luxury playground, from the legalization of gambling in Monaco in 1855, through a rise of the site in the decades that followed, a period of decline after the First World War, and a revival during the Jazz Age of the interwar years. Throughout, Making Monte Carlo follows the lives of individuals, families, companies, and a larger network of player-consumers, workers, and witnesses. Center-stage are the members of the Blanc family who first opened Le Grand Casino de Monte Carlo in 1858 and controlled the Societe des bains de mers (SBM). The SBM is Braude’s main archival source for the inside story of casino plans, management, and operations. The book also engages the lives and interests of the Grimaldis, the dynasty that presided over the tiny principality that became a haven for gaming and entertainments, a center of risk and adventure, of fantasy and speed. And then there are those who came to game, to work, to be entertained, and to watch. A number of participants would tell their stories, contributing to a mythologizing that made of Monte Carlo a destination whose imaginative dimensions exceeded by far its physical area. Making Monte Carlo is at once a history of commercial and business interests and of the rapid and remarkable changes in modern culture that took place in the period covered by Braude’s chapters. This was an era of the proliferation of mass spectacle, of advertising and marketing, of innovations in the technologies of leisure, recreation, transport, and tourism. It was an age that saw the emergence of new forms of capitalist exploitation and imagination, of transformations in the idea of selling and in the selling of ideas. Considering the impact of Monte Carlo’s development on tourists rich and less-so, on the workers who made the casinos, hotels, and clubs run, and on all those (in Monaco and beyond its small territory) who witnessed the spectacle as it unfolded, the book will be a compelling read to anyone interested in the place itself, as well as all those cultural dreams it has sought to encourage and represent since its inauguration as a high-end, high-stakes capital. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. A historian of culture and politics in the twentieth century, her current research focuses on the representation of nuclear weapons and testing in France since 1945. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices