The events of the French Revolution stunned the whole world. Napoleon Bonaparte's conquests redrawn the political map of Europe. The upheavals of the era gave rise to new heroes, endowed them with unprecedented power and an extraordinary fate. But the powerful have not lost their attraction to the beautiful half of the human race, and the names of these weak women went down in history along with descriptions of the victories and defeats of their lovers. Why did the French call the Spaniard Teresa Cabarrus "our savior mother"? How did Viscountess Rosa de Beauharnais become a citizen of Josephine Bonaparte? Who made the history of Great Britain the beautiful Lady Hamilton: the beloved of the invincible Admiral Nelson or a powerful agent of the influence of the English government on the foreign policy of the kingdom of both Sicilies? Who became the last favorite of the French king from the Bourbon dynasty Louis XVIII?