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The Laughing Audience (detail), by William Hogarth, 1733. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932.

Preamble

Hidden Agendas

By Ron Rosenbaum

On the timeless fascination with scandal and lessons from a career covering tabloid news.

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Essay

The Cleopatra’s Nose of 1914

By Jack Beatty

The story of the Caillaux affair—a murdered newspaper editor, a web of adultery, and the road to World War I.

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Essay

The Woman in Black

By Eric Jager

The last judicial duel in France hinged on whether a woman could be believed.

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Krewe du Vieux float satirizing Louisiana politicians with legal problems, including former governor Edwin Edwards (second from right) and notorious state representative David Duke (second from left), both in prison at the time, 2003. Photograph by Infrog

Essay

Exquisite Scandal

By Nancy Lemann

Disgrace comes in various forms. Some are better than others.

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