If It Ain't Baroque...

Visit London - National Maritime Museum at Greenwich - RMS Titanic Edition

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the start of our Titanic Sailing Season.

In our first episode we present to you our chat with Lucy, the curator at National Maritime Museum.

Stay tuned as we unearth the links between this great heritage display and this infamous tragedy.

Welcome, Lucy!

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find National Maritime Museum:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ .

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Economica with Dr Victoria Bateman

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Please welcome Dr Victoria Bateman, the author of one of the most important books of our time: ECONOMICA.

The Financial Times already called it the best book of 2025.

Let's find out why it's so important to see the real link between women and economy.

Welcome, Victoria!

Get Economica:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/victoria-bateman/economica/9781035415779/ (UK)

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/victoria-bateman/economica/9781541606067/?lens=seal-press (USA)

Naked Feminism:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Feminism-Breaking-Female-Modesty/dp/1509556060/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Feminism-Breaking-Female-Modesty/dp/1509556060/ (USA)

Find More Victoria's Books:

https://www.vnbateman.com/books

https://www.nakedfeminism.com/

Find Victoria:

https://www.vnbateman.com/biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Bateman

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-economists-underrepresented-at-every-level-in-uk-academia-report

https://www.instagram.com/women.wealth.power/

https://thenewfeminist.co.uk/2025/08/feminist-economist-victoria-bateman-is-exposing-the-lies-history-told-about-women-in-her-new-book/

https://bsky.app/profile/vnbateman.bsky.social

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ .

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Princesses of the Early Middle Ages with Sharon Bennett Connolly

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Sharon Bennett Connolly is back on the podcast, and today we're talking of the Daughters of the Conquest.

Let's find out why a medieval princess wasn't just marriage fodder for strengthening foreign alliances.

Welcome back, Sharon!

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Sharon at Lincoln Castle:

https://www.lincolncastle.com/events/event/164/lunchtime-talk-nicholaa-de-la-haye-england-s-forgotten-heroine

Pre-Order Princesses of the Early Middle Ages:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Princesses-of-the-Early-Middle-Ages-Hardback/p/57998/aid/1238

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Women of the Anarchy :

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Heroines of the Medieval World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Find Baroque:

https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://x.com/BaroquePodcast

https://www.tiktok.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://bsky.app/profile/ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social

https://www.threads.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Visit Blighty: Alnwick Castle

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Let's re-visit Alnwick Castle and the history of the Percy family.

Today we're talking to Daniel, the host of the Alnwick Castle Podcast and the man who knows everything about this mighty fortress and its past.

Welcome, Daniel!

Visit Alnwick:

https://www.alnwickcastle.com/

https://www.visitalnwick.org.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/alnwickcastleofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/alnwickcastle

Visit Alnwick from Edinburgh:

https://www.timberbush-tours.co.uk/our-tours/from-edinburgh/1-day-tours/holy-island-alnwick-castle-kingdom-northumbria

https://tourscanner.com/l/edinburgh/i/alnwick-castle

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/edinburgh-l44/alnwick-castle-berwick-and-the-borders-t30215/

https://www.viator.com/tours/Edinburgh/Alnwick-Castle-and-the-Scottish-Borders-Day-Trip-from-Edinburgh/d739-2250ACBB

https://www.rabbies.com/en-gb/tour/alnwick-castle-northumberland-coast-the-borders-day-tour-from-edinburgh

Find Baroque:

https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://x.com/BaroquePodcast

https://www.tiktok.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://bsky.app/profile/ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social

https://www.threads.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Visit Blighty - The Royal Observatory at Greenwich - John Harrison Edition

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Emily Akkermans, the curator of time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

And if you want to know about John Harrison, the man who solved the longitude problem, she's the one to talk to.

Welcome, Emily!

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/royalmuseumsgreenwich/

https://x.com/RMGreenwich

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk

https://x.com/VisitGreenwich

https://x.com/Royal_Greenwich

https://www.instagram.com/visitgreenwich/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Taking Manhattan with Russell Shorto

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Please welcome to the podcast Russell Shorto, as we discuss his latest book Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events that Created New York and Shaped America -

published with Swift Press in the UK and W W Norton and Co. in the USA.

If you have ever wondered why is New York called New York, and what has Amsterdam to do with it, this is the book for you.

Let's dive deep into the Transatlantic machinations of the 17th century and find out how our favourite rom-com city came to be...

Welcome, Russell!

Taking Manhattan:

https://swiftpress.com/book/taking-manhattan/# (UK)

https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881165 (USA)

The Island at the Centre of the World:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-island-at-the-center-of-the-world/russell-shorto/9780349140209 (UK)

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/russell-shorto/the-island-at-the-center-of-the-world/9780349140209/ (UK)

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-island-at-the-center-of-the-world-russell-shorto/1100623192 (USA)

Find More Russell's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/russell-shorto/291630 (UK)

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/russell-shorto/descartes-bones/9780349140186/ (UK)

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/russell-shorto/amsterdam/9780349000022/ (UK)

https://wwnorton.com/author/16461/russellshorto (USA)

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Russell%20Shorto%22 (USA)

Find Russell:

https://www.russellshorto.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Shorto

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B000APY772

https://x.com/RussellShorto

https://www.waterstones.com/author/russell-shorto/291630

https://www.facebook.com/authorrussellshorto/

https://swiftpress.com/book-author/russell-shorto/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ .

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Curia and Crusade with Dr Thomas W Smith

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Please welcome back Dr Thomas W Smith and we’re going to talk about the links between the popes and crusades, particularly Honorius III and the recovery of the Holy Land in the 13th century. Subscribe for all the drama! The book is published with Brepols.

Welcome back, Tom!

Find Tom:

https://thomaswsmith.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/medieval_tom/

https://linktr.ee/twsmith

The Fifth Crusade:

https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300283952/the-fifth-crusade/

Rewriting the First Crusade:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/rewriting-the-first-crusade/

Curia & Crusade:

https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503552972-1

Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/petitions-and-strategies-of-persuasion-in-the-middle-ages/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ .

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The Shakespeare Ladies Club: The Forgotten Women Who Rescued the Bawdy Bard with Christine and Jonathan Hainsworth

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

As William Shakespeare is once more in the spotlight at the Oscars, let's revisit how he became a stable of literary curriculum.

Did you know it wasn't always in the stars that Shakespeare's work would enjoy the fame that it does today?

Did you know that there was a Shakespeare Ladies Club in Georgian Britain that helped resurrect his work from being the proverbial footnote in history?

Let's find out more about these she-heroes from the authors of the book - published by Amberley - that tells this enigmatic tale.

Hamnet, Shakespeare in Love, take note...

Welcome, Christine and Jonathan!

Shakespeare Ladies Club

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-shakespeare-ladies-club.html

The Escape of Jack the Ripper:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/jonathan-hainsworth/the-escape-of-jack-the-ripper-9781398109629.html (UK)

https://www.regnery.com/9781684511785/the-escape-of-jack-the-ripper/ (USA)

Find Christine and Jonathan:

https://www.facebook.com/hainsworthwardagius

https://hainsworthwardagius.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheShakespeareLadiesClub

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/christine-and-jonathan-hainsworth.html

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Richard of Cornwall: The (Only) English King of Germany with Darren Baker

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Let's talk of Richard of Cornwall, the younger brother to Henry III, the other son of King John.

Richard was the only Englishman to be crowned King of the Germans. How did that come about?

Let's find out more.

Darren Baker's book - published by Amberley - has it all.

Welcome back, Darren!

Darren's Books:

Get Richard of Cornwall:

https://www.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

Henry III, his sister Eleanor, his wife Eleanor, his son Edward:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/henry-iii/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Two-Eleanors-of-Henry-III-Hardback/p/16782/aid/1238

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Chronicle-Lord-Edward-Longshanks-ebook/dp/B0DTZ17MSQ/

The House of de Montford

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Crusaders-and-Revolutionaries-of-the-Thirteenth-Century-Hardback/p/18631/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/simon-de-montfort-and-the-rise-of-the-english-nation.html

Find Darren:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/darren-baker/243938

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/939368.Darren_Baker

https://www.facebook.com/darren.baker.75470

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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First Celebrities: The Georgian Superstars with Peter James Bowman

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Dear listener, today we present to you our chat with PETER JAMES BOWMAN, the author of First Celebrities, published with Amberley.

When did the cult of celebrity start? Why is it important to differentiate between fame and celebrity?

Let's dive into five Georgian superstars and find out the secrets of their infamy...

Welcome, Peter James!

The First Celebrities

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/peter-james-bowman/the-first-celebrities.html

The Real Persuasion

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-real-persuasion-9781398122574.html

The Fortune Hunter

https://www.signalbooks.co.uk/2014/07/the-fortune-hunter/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-fortune-hunter/peter-james-bowman/9781909930032 (USA)

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Charles II: Cradle to Crown with Claire Hobson

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Please welcome historian Claire Hobson, and today we're talking about her latest book - published with Pen & Sword - about Charles II of Great Britain.

Let's find out what Charles' childhood was like, what was his relationship with his parents, and how did the civil war and its losses impact him?

Tune in and find out more...

Welcome, Claire!

Get Charles II: From The Cradle to the Crown:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-Hardback/p/52730/aid/1238

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The Georgians:

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The Saga of the Earls of Orkney with Judith Jesch

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Let's talk the Orkney Saga, Orkney Earls and just Orkney history in general.

For those who don't know, The Orkneys are the northermost islands in Scotland, bar Shetlands.

Please welcome Judith Jesch, who has recently written a book with Birlinn Publishing on The Saga of the Earls of Orkney.

Welcome, Judith!

Get The Saga:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/

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https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/women-in-the-viking-age-pb/

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of the Civil War 1642 with Jonathan Healey

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Let's dive deep into the beginnings of the Civil War of the 17th century.

With us today is Jonathan Healey, whose book The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of the Civil War 1642 has just come out in paperback.

It is published by Bloomsbury in the UK and Penguin Random House in the USA.

Welcome, Jonathan!

Get Blood in the Snow:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blood-in-winter-9781526672346/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762711/the-blood-in-winter-by-jonathan-healey/ (USA)

Get The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/blazing-world-9781526621658/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659745/the-blazing-world-by-jonathan-healey/ (USA)

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: Made in Ancient Egypt Exhibition in Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Helen Strudwick, the curator at the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. She has helped hone their latest exhibition Made in Ancient Egypt.

Let's find out more...

Find Fitzwilliam Museum:

https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/

Get to the Exhibition:

https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visit/exhibitions/made-in-ancient-egypt

Meet Helen:

https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/profile/helen-strudwick

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https://www.visitcambridge.org/place/the-fitzwilliam-museum/

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy with Dr Brooke N Newman

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Please welcome to the podcast Dr Brooke Newman, and today we're talking about her latest ground-breaking book The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarch, published by Mariner Books (USA) and Mudlark (UK).

Welcome, Brooke!

Get Crown's Silence:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crowns-silence-brooke-n-newman/1147885987 (USA)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/9780008670955 (UK)

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... Mary I of England (none of Scotland) with Dr Johanna Strong

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT

On the 18th February in the year of our Lord 1516, a girl was born at Greenwich Palace to the happy parents Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon.

This girl would grow up to be the future Mary I of England, elder sister to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I, as well as wife to Philip II of Spain.

In her short 42 year life, she achieved many first, not least of all to be the first Crowned Queen of England in her own right.

Posthumously, she was undeservedly given the moniker of 'Bloody Mary', as well as getting confused with Mary Queen of Scots.

Today we talk to Dr Johanna Strong, who will set the record straight once and for all. Who was Mary, what did she achieve and how we should remember her.

Welcome, Jo!

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johanna-Strong

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Playing Henry VIII with Mark Goldthorp

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Mark Goldthorp, who played Henry VIII in the recent production of Anne Boleyn: The Musical at Hever Castle, produced by Historalia.

Let's find out what it was like to step into the shoes of this infamous monarch and why this musical is so unique...

Welcome, Mark!

Find Mark:

https://mamma-mia.com/uk-and-international-tour/cast/mark-goldthrop

https://www.instagram.com/markgoldthorp/

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https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynthemusical/

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Salt People of the Cloud Houses: A Brief History of Dutch Manhattan with Fawn Brokaw Doyle

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Fawn Brokaw Doyle, author of a historical fiction novel Salt People of the Cloud Houses, which traces her eight times great grandmother Sarah Rapalje, who was the first European child born in the area we now call New York...

Welcome, Fawn!

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https://books.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/

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https://jonathancrain.substack.com/p/from-family-tree-to-historical-fiction

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Lying Abroad: The Invention of Diplomacy with Carol Chillington Rutter

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Please welcome historian Carol Chillington Rutter to the show, and today we're talking about the life and times of Henry Wotton, a Tudor and Jacobean Italian ambassador who helped prevent a pan-European war. Who was he? Let's find out more...

Welcome, Carol!

Carol's books are published with Manchester University Press.

A great thank you to Carol for joining us today, and if you would like to see Carol at this year's Oxford Literary Festival, the bookings are open, please see link in the description below for Carol's chat with Clare Jackson on Henry Wotton and James VI & I.

Get Lying Abroad:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172068/

Get Shakespeare in Performance: Antony and Cleopatra:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194701/

Get Shakespeare in Performance: The Henry VI Plays:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719080937/

See Carol at Oxford Literary Festival 2026:

https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2026/march-24/history-makers-james-vi-and-i-and-henry-wotton

Find Carol:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/rutterprofcarol/

https://thevineyagency.com/carol-chillington-rutter/

https://theorg.com/org/shakespeare-birthplace-trust/org-chart/carol-chillington-rutter

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... Charles I: The Final Days with Mark Turnbull

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT

On the 30th January in the year of our Lord 1649,

the King of England, Scotland and Ireland - Charles I - was led to his execution.

Let's find out more about the days leading up to his death and whether it could have been stopped.

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

He has published Charles I's Private Life with Pen & Sword.

Welcome back, Mark!

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The House of Pole with Adam Pennington

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:08:00 GMT

Please welcome to the podcast Adam Pennington, who has written a book about The House of Pole, Henry VIII's cousins.

Published by Pen & Sword.

At the centre we have the matriarch Margaret Pole, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, the infamous victim of Malmsey wine.

Her son Reginald would go on to be the greatest supporter of Mary I, and Margaret's grand-daughter Dorothy would become a friend of Elizabeth I. You might say they were poles apart...

Let's find out more.

Welcome, Adam!

Get House of Pole:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Henry-VIII-and-the-Plantagenet-Poles-Hardback/p/50816/aid/1238

Catch Adam this weekend at the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral/the-exeter-conspiracy-henry-viii-s-destruction-of-his-own-family-with-adam-pennington/2026-01-29/18:45/t-jxkllep

Katharine of Aragon Festival 2026:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_26/

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https://www.instagram.com/thetudorchest

https://x.com/TheTudorChest

https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-q-and-a-with-adam-pennington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7MO9CM5T2k

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Women of the Burgundian Court 101 with Susan Abernethy

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Please welcome back historian Susan Abernethy to the show, and today we're talking about the backbone of the medieval Burgundian court, in short, its most formidable women.

This is an intro to this world, there is so much to explore!

Where is Burgundy? How was the Burgundian court and the Tudors connected? What language did they speak and when did this duchy lose its independence?

Susan has just written a book on this topic, published by Pen & Sword.

Tune in and find out more...

Get Ladies of Medieval Burgundian Court:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Formidable-Women-who-Shaped-Medieval-Europe-Hardback/p/56701/aid/1238

Get Catherine of Braganza:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-IIs-Portuguese-Queen-Hardback/p/52501/aid/1238

Get Susan's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Susan-Abernethy/a/6071

Find Susan:

https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/author/thefreelancehistorywriter/

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Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: The Cutty Sark

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to curator Louise Macfarlane at Royal Museums Greenwich!

Uncover Cutty Sark's secrets: Did she always carry tea? Was there ever a murder aboard the ship? How did the museum deal with the devastating fire in 2007?

Tune in and climb aboard!

Read Cutty Sark:

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Cutty Sark Mementoes:

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https://www.rmg.co.uk/

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark

https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/top-things-to-do

https://www.instagram.com/royalmuseumsgreenwich/

https://x.com/RMGreenwich

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk

https://x.com/VisitGreenwich

https://x.com/Royal_Greenwich

https://www.instagram.com/visitgreenwich/

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RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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I Came, I Saw, I Vikinged: The Baltic Edition with Alex Harvey

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Did you know that Vikings did raids on the Baltics? What did it mean 'to go viking'?

Tune in and get a glimpse of the much expanded world of vikings, thanks to Alex Harvey's latest research.

The paperback of his best-selling book The Forgotten Vikings is out now, published by Amberley.

Get Forgotten Vikings:

https://www.amberley-books.com/forgotten-vikings.html

Get Little Kingdoms:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542

Alex' First Book Riddles of the Isle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riddles-Isle-History-Axholme-Normans/dp/1739191641

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https://x.com/AlexHarvv

https://bsky.app/profile/alexharvv.bsky.social

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/alex-harvey.html

More from Alex:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/how-a-new-book-by-a-yorkshire-archeologist-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-forgotten-vikings-4898331

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/about/news/news2024/epartment-alumnus-vikings-book2/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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London and the 17th Century with Margarette Lincoln

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:39:32 GMT

Today we're talking to Margarette Lincoln and her book on our fair capital, titled London and the 17th Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City, published by Yale University Press.

Let's find out how did London change from the reigns of James VI & I to Glorious Revolution? What was the landscape like? And what is it about The Queen's House and the Banqueting House that makes them so precious and unique?

Tune in and see for yourself...

Get London and the 17th Century:

https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300264746/london-and-the-seventeenth-century/ (UK)

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300264746/london-and-the-seventeenth-century/ (USA)

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... The Late Queen Mum with Gareth Russell

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:43:33 GMT

Today we’re talking to Gareth Russell, a historian and author, whose book on the late Queen Mum we’ll be discussing today.

Did you know she had met the mother of Nicholas II? Or that she was born in Scotland? Would it surprise you to learn one of her suitors was called James Stuart?

Let's find out more...

Gareth's book was published with William Collins in the UK and Atria Books / Simon & Schuster in the USA.

Welcome back, Gareth!

Get Do Let's Have Another Drink:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother-gareth-russell (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Do-Lets-Have-Another-Drink!/Gareth-Russell/9781668006955 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008542658/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother/ (AUS)

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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008436995/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court/ (AUS)

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https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008660871/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king/ (AUS)

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https://www.garethrussell.co.uk/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty - National Maritime Museum at Greenwich - Lady Jane Franklin Edition

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Claire Warrior, the polar expert at Royal Museums Greenwich.

The topic - Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of explorer Sir John Franklin, who never came back from his third voyage to the Arctic.

Let's find out more about this fascinating unconventional Victorian couple.

Welcome, Claire!

P.S. we have new tracks on our episode tonight, courtesy of jimmy cheeseburgah, please enjoy our new interval!

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find Pirates Exhibition:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine: Nephew to Charles I, Uncle to George I with Mark Turnbull

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

On the 17th December in the year of our Lord 1619, a boy was born to Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V of Bohemia.

He would grow up to be his uncle's fierce cavalier commander with the ever-romantic moniker - Rupert of the Rhine.

To give dynastic context - Rupert was grandson to James VI & I, nephew to Charles I, and uncle to the future George I.

If you ever needed a link between the Stuarts and the Hanoverians, this is it.

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

He has published Rupert's biography with Pen & Sword.

Welcome back, Mark!

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Frederick Rutland, the Beverly Hills Spy with Ronald Drabkin

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Have you ever heard of Frederick Rutland? The British hero of WW1, who ended up working as a freelance spy for America, as well as Japan? Let’s find our more, today we’re talking to Ronald Drabkin, who has written a biography of Frederick: Beverly Hills Spy.

Called so because during his espionage days, Fred lived it up large in Hollywood.

Published by Harper Collins.

Welcome, Ronald!

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https://www.harpercollins.com/products/beverly-hills-spy-ronald-drabkin?variant=41059561013282 (USA)

Find Ronald:

https://www.instagram.com/rondraconian/

https://muckrack.com/ronald-drabkin/articles

https://www.usni.org/people/ronald-drabkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Drabkin

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Ashes of London with Andrew Taylor

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today we’re talking to Andrew Taylor, the author of the best-selling series Ashes of London, set in the 17th century.

Published by Harper Collins.

Welcome, Andrew!

Get Ashes of London:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-ashes-of-london-james-marwood-cat-lovett-book-1-andrew-taylor?variant=40027853750350 (UK)

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-ashes-of-london-andrew-taylor?variant=42098041749538 (USA)

Read the whole Marwood & Lovett series:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=andrew+taylor

https://www.waterstones.com/author/andrew-taylor/58423

Find Andrew:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/blogs/authors/andrew-taylor-crime-writer-5636

https://andrew-taylor.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/andrewjrtaylor/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Elizabeth Chudleigh, a French Chateau and a Baltic Vodka Distillery Owner with Catherine Ostler

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today we’re talking to Catherine Ostler and her book Duchess Countess, all about the extraordinary and perfectly scandalous life of Elizabeth Chudleigh.

Why was she one of the most famous women of the 18th century? Did she really meet Catherine the Great? How did a girl from the English countryside end up running a vodka distillery in the Baltics AND owning a Chateau in France?

Let’s find out more...

Welcome, Catherine!

Get Duchess Countess:

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Duchess-Countess/Catherine-Ostler/9781471172564 (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-duchess-countess/catherine-ostler/9781471172588 (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-duchess-countess/catherine-ostler/9781471172588 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Duchess-Countess/Catherine-Ostler/9781471172571 (USA)

https://www.harvard.com/book/9798885781565 (USA)

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-duchess-countess-the-woman-who-scandalized-eighteenth-century-london_catherine-ostler/28709068/item/54714174/ (USA)

Find Catherine:

https://www.tatler.com/article/catherine-ostler-the-duchess-countess-elizabeth-chudleigh-book

https://www.catherineostler.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ceostler/

https://x.com/CatherineOstler

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/scandalous-duchess-inspired-vanity-fair-life-like-elizabeth/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Professional Life of Henry VIII with Heather R Darsie

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Welcome to our 200th episode!

Good News! Heather R Darsie is back on the show, this time to talk about Henry VIII's professional life.

What was he like as a King, whose job it was to keep his country safe?

How did the law play into his kingship? Let's find out...

Welcome back, Heather!

Pre-Order The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn (...Henry VIII definitely did that...)

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

Find Heather:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hdarsiehistory

Read Heather:

https://www.amberley-books.com/katharine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... Charlotte Brontë with Graham Watson

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:17:44 GMT

Let’s talk Charlotte Brontë and the last few years of her life.

What was the big scandal about the biography that came out soon after her death? Who was affected? And how do we know what really went on with this remarkable woman?

Joining us today is historian and author Graham Watson, who has written a book on the topic, called Inventing Charlotte Brontë, published with The History Press in the UK and Pegasus in the USA.

Get Inventing Charlotte Brontë:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-invention-of-charlotte-bronte/ (UK)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/books/the-invention-of-charlotte-bront-9781639369355-hardcover (USA)

Find Graham:

https://www.instagram.com/grahamwatson_author/

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/graham-watson

https://x.com/GrahamWatson73

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing... Charles I: The Young King with Mark Turnbull

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:00:00 GMT

On the 19th November in the year of our Lord 1600,

a boy was born in Scotland at Dunfermline Palace - he was the second son and the third child of the King of Scotland, James VI.

Few could have predicted he would one day be king, not just of Scotland, but also of England and Ireland. No one could have foretold this boy would die on the scaffold for treason against his own country…

This boy was of course, Charles James Stuart, who would become Charles I.

Let’s turn back the clock and find out more about Charles as a young king.

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

He has published Charles I's Private Life with Pen & Sword.

Welcome back, Mark!

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

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https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: National Maritime Museum in Greenwich

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today we're talking to Hannah at Royal Museums Greenwich!

Let's find out why a trip to the National Maritime Museum is crucial when visiting London.

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find Pirates Exhibition:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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How Great a King was Henry III? with Darren Baker

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:25:55 GMT

On the 16th November 1272 Henry III of England breathed his last.

The grandson of Eleanor of Aquitaine, son of King John and father of Edward I, he often gets overshadowed by his retrospectively more illustrious relatives and nemeses. Let’s look at the king who preferred peace to war, giving money instead of taking it, and who had one of the longest reigns in the history of the British isles.

Let’s welcome back Darren Baker who has written a book on this topic titled Henry III: The Great King England Never Knew It Had, published with The History Press.

Darren's Books:

Henry III, his sister Eleanor, his wife Eleanor, his brother Richard

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/henry-iii/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Two-Eleanors-of-Henry-III-Hardback/p/16782/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

https://www.waterstones.com/author/darren-baker/243938

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/939368.Darren_Baker

Edward I

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Chronicle-Lord-Edward-Longshanks-ebook/dp/B0DTZ17MSQ/

The House of de Montford

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Crusaders-and-Revolutionaries-of-the-Thirteenth-Century-Hardback/p/18631/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/simon-de-montfort-and-the-rise-of-the-english-nation.html

Join us for a London walking tour with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing... Anne Boleyn with Heather R Darsie

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:11:23 GMT

Today we have a special treat: we're going to put all those Anne Boleyn myths to bed. Once and for all.

Returning to the podcast we have Heather R Darsie, who will bust all those myths and mysteries surrounding the second wife of Henry VIII.

Why did she have to die? What was her actual crime? Could she have had another fate? Why was the French executioner involved?

Tune in, relax and get some Tudor closure.

Welcome back, Heather!

Pre-Order The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn (...Henry VIII definitely did that...)

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

Find Heather:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hdarsiehistory

Read Heather:

https://www.amberley-books.com/katharine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Realms of the Round Table with John Matthews

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:11:43 GMT

John Matthews is back on the podcast, this time to talk about his new book - Realms of the Round Table, which is a collection of stories of King Arthur like you’ve never seen them before.

Published by Harper Collins in the UK and Pegasus in the USA.

Welcome back, John!

Get Realms of The Round Table:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/realms-of-the-round-table-john-matthews?variant=54864653418875 (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/realms-of-the-round-table-9781639369034-hardcover (USA)

Get The Book of Merlin:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Merlin-Magic-Legend-History/dp/1445699206/ (USA)

Get Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court with Breeze Barrington

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:00:00 GMT

What do we know about the woman’s lot at the court of Charles II? Breeze Barrington’s new book The Graces (published by Bloomsbury) explores the lives of several women of the Stuart court.

These ladies include Maria d’Este, a.k.a. Mary of Modena, consort to James VII & II, as well as those of her Maids of Honour:

Anne Finch, a revered poet,
Hortense Mancini, a favourite of Charles II,
Sarah Jennings, future Duchess of Marlborough and of course,
the future Queen Anne of Great Britain.

Let’s welcome Breeze Barrington to the podcast.

Welcome, Breeze!

Find Breeze:

https://www.breezebarrington.com/

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/staff/phd/profiles/barringtonb.html

https://artuk.org/discover/profile/breeze-barrington

Get Graces:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/graces-9781526663788/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: Hampton Court Palace with Gareth Russell

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT

Today we’re talking to Gareth Russell, a historian and author, whose book on the history of Hampton Court Palace we’ll be discussing today.

It was published with William Collins in the UK and Atria Books in the USA.

Welcome back, Gareth!

Get Palace:

https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court-gareth-russell-9780008437015/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008436995/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court/ (AUS)

Get Queen James:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king-gareth-russell (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six-Loves-of-James-I/Gareth-Russell/9781668049686 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008660871/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king/ (AUS)

Get Young and Damned and Fair:

https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/young-and-damned-and-fair-the-life-and-tragedy-of-catherine-howard-at-the-court-of-henry-viii-gareth-russell-9780008128289/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Young-and-Damned-and-Fair/Gareth-Russell/9781501108648 (USA)

https://www.booktopia.com.au/young-and-damned-and-fair-gareth-russell/book/9780008128289.html (AUS)

Find Gareth:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/single-malt-history-with-gareth-russell/id1565005422

https://www.instagram.com/_garethrussell/

https://www.garethrussell.co.uk/

Visit Hampton Court Palace:

https://www.hrp.org.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historicroyalpalaces/

https://x.com/HRP_palaces

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/all-about/hampton-court-palace

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https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Kingdom of Mercia with Annie Whitehead

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:44:46 GMT

Today’s guest is Annie Whitehead, and we’re talking all things Mercia, the lost Kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England.

Welcome Back, Annie!

Annie Whitehead wrote a book the topic: Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom, published by Amberley.

Find Annie:

https://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk/

Murder in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.amberley-books.com/murder-in-anglosaxon-england.html

Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom:

https://www.amberley-books.com/mercia-9781398103337.html

Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Women-of-Power-in-Anglo-Saxon-England-Hardback/p/17769/aid/1238

Find Baroque:

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Support Baroque:

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/finally-got-round-to/id1796730805

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Reinventing... James VI & I with Steven Veerapen

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:25:17 GMT

On the 5th November 1605 many men were set up to lose their lives in a Catholic coup at the Palace of Westminster. One of those was the King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The first British King.

Let’s talk about King James and get to know him better.

Coming back to the podcast we have Steven Veerapen, who has penned James’ bio for Birlinn books, titled The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI & I.

Welcome back, Steven!

The Wisest Fool - The Lavish Life of James VI and I:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-wisest-fool-2/

Get Witches: A King's Obsession:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Witches-Kings-Obsession-Steven-Veerapen/dp/1780279523/

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/witches/

Anna of Denmark:

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1160454

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Denmark-Queen-Two-Kingdoms/dp/1789973414/

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1113656

https://birlinn.co.uk/?s=steven%20veerapen&t=authors

Find Steven:

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://x.com/stevenveerapen

https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/veerapenstevendr/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The History of California with Michael Hiltzik

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:23:47 GMT

Today we’re talking to the Pulitzer winning author Michael Hiltzik, and we discuss his new book - The Golden State, all about the history of the great state of California.

Published by Mariner Books in USA and Amberley in UK.

Welcome, Michael!

Get Golden State:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/golden-state/michael-hiltzik/9781398109025 (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/michael-hiltzik/golden-state.html (UK)

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/golden-state-michael-hiltzik?variant=42201774456866 (USA)

Find Michael:

https://michaelhiltzik.com/books/

https://www.latimes.com/people/michael-hiltzik

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https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Shakespeare in Love (1998) with Darren Freebury-Jones

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:11:47 GMT

The Oscar season is around the corner, and William Shakespeare is once again frequenting the red carpet, so why not look back and talk about a film that won 7 (!) Academy Awards, and is literally one of the best films of all time when it comes to the bard. I’m talking of course, about Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Joining me today is Darren Freebury-Jones, another fan of this oeuvre.

Darren has written many books about Shakespeare and his contemporaries. You may remember him from our Borrowed Feathers episode a few months ago.

Welcome back, Darren!

Words, words, words, indeed....

Find Darren:

https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/

https://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/guests/darren-feebury-jones/

https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/34306

https://www.instagram.com/freeburian/

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-borrowed-feathers-playwrights-greatest/dp/1526177323 (USA)

Shakespeare's Tutor Thomas Kyd:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182616/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-tutor-influence-Thomas-Kyd/dp/1526182610/ (USA)

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Margaret More, Mrs Roper, Tudor Scholar with Aimee Fleming

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:26:49 GMT

Today we’re talking to Aimee Fleming, the author of the solo biography of Margaret More, the eldest daughter of Thomas More.

Published by Pen & Sword.

Margaret was one of the most educated women of the Tudor era and definitely deserves her story told. Let’s find out more about her.

Get Margaret More Roper:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Female-Tudor-Scholar-and-Writer-Hardback/p/50767/aid/1238

Get Tudor Princes and Princesses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tudor-Princes-and-Princesses-Hardback/p/52742/aid/1238

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https://historyaimee.wordpress.com/

https://www.instagram.com/historyaimee/

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: Queen's House in Greenwich

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:07:33 GMT

Today we're talking to Vittoria, the curator at the Queen's House in Greenwich.

Let's find out why this Stuart masterpiece is so special.

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find Pirates Exhibition:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots with Rosemary Goring

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:12:19 GMT

Today we’re talking to Rosemary Goring, and her latest book, which covers the exile years of one Mary, Queen of Scots. Let’s look at these years in more detail, and find out why those years hold the key to many of Mary’s mysteries.

Published with Birlinn Books.

Exile:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/exile/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/exile/rosemary-goring/9781780278384

Get Rosemary's Book Babies:

https://birlinn.co.uk/contributor/rosemary-goring-2/

https://www.waterstones.com/author/rosemary-goring/125735

Find Rosemary:

https://www.thetimes.com/profile/rosemary-goring?msockid=2c1af97d433c6ead308aec8342dc6f5a

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/rosemary-goring

https://www.heraldscotland.com/author/profile/73304.Rosemary_Goring/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing… The (Two) Hundred Years' War with Michael Livingston

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Today we have a very special guest, Michael Livingston and we’re going to talk about his new book - and why we need to change the label of the Hundred Years’ War.

Published with Head of Zeus in UK and Basic Books in USA.

Get Michael's Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/two-hundred-years-war-9781035906369/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/agincourt-9781472855169/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/never-greater-slaughter-9781472849380/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cr%C3%A9cy-9781472847065/

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-livingston/bloody-crowns/9781541607705/?lens=basic-books

Find Michael:

https://www.michaellivingston.com/

https://www.instagram.com/livingstonphd/

https://x.com/medievalguy

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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John Dee and the Chamber of Secrets: The Years of the Wizard with Rachel Morris

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:08:57 GMT

Today our guest is Rachel Morris, who has just published a book on the home life of Renaissance Magicians, including one John Dee.

Let’s cast some spells. Welcome, Rachel!

Get Rachel's Books:

https://septemberpublishing.org/product/the-years-of-the-wizard-the-strange-history-and-home-life-of-renaissance-magicians-hb/

https://septemberpublishing.org/product/the-museum-makers/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-museum-makers/rachel-morris/9781912836826

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-years-of-the-wizard/rachel-morris/9781914613968

Find Rachel:

https://rachelmorriswriter.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/rachelmorris_writer/

https://septemberpublishing.org/authors/rachel-morris/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... The History of Art with Verity Babbs

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:45:23 GMT

Today we’re talking to Verity Babbs, who has just published a book, where she traces 500 years of art history, but in a very unique way.

Welcome, Verity!

Get Verity's Book:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/history-of-art-in-one-sentence-9781526686893/

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-history-of-art-in-one-sentence/verity-babbs/9781526686893

Find Verity:

https://www.veritybabbs.com/

https://www.instagram.com/veritybabbsart/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Witches: A King’s Obsession with Steven Veerapen

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Let’s talk about Witches and James VI/ I.

What drove him to seek action against them?

Were witches persecuted under his mother MQS or his godmother Elizabeth I?

What were the consequences of James’ obsession?

Today we’re talking to Steven Veerapen, who has just published a book on this topic.

Get Witches: A King's Obsession:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Witches-Kings-Obsession-Steven-Veerapen/dp/1780279523/

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/witches/

The Wisest Fool - The Lavish Life of James VI and I:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-wisest-fool-2/

Anna of Denmark:

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1160454

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Denmark-Queen-Two-Kingdoms/dp/1789973414/

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1113656

https://birlinn.co.uk/?s=steven%20veerapen&t=authors

Find Steven:

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://x.com/stevenveerapen

https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/veerapenstevendr/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Ravenglass: Baroque-n-Roll Adventures of a Gender Fluid Seafarer with Carolyn Kirby

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:01:53 GMT

The 18th Century: Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Great Masculine Renunciation, life at sea, the slave trade. The new novel Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby has all of that and more.

Let’s find out how this book about Baroque-n-Roll Adventures of a Gender Fluid Seafarer came to be.

Welcome, Carolyn!

Get Ravenglass:

https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/ravenglass-paperback

Find Carolyn:

https://www.carolynkirby.com/

https://www.facebook.com/carolynkirbyauthor/

https://www.instagram.com/novelcarolyn/

Carolyn on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18475601.Carolyn_Kirby

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Visit Blighty: Handel & Hendrix House

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Today we’re talking to Olwen, a curator at Handel & Hendrix House here in London.

It’s a museum where both George Frederic Handel once lived, the composer behind Zadok the Priest, used in coronations since the 18th century.

Almost two centuries later, The same house was inhabited by the famous guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Let’s find out more.

Find Handel & Hendrix House:

https://tickets.handelhendrix.org/

https://handelhendrix.org/whats-on

https://linktr.ee/handelhendrix

https://www.instagram.com/handelandhendrix/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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5000 Years of Female Monarchy with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:00:40 GMT

Please welcome Dr Elizabeth Norton back on the show, and let's talk about the female monarchs of the ages.

Did you know the last elected female head of state is still alive? Did you know there exists a Queendom? How have the folk felt about reigning queens throughout time? What is the cost of female power to her and to her Kingdom?

Let's dig in...

Please find Dr Elizabeth Norton's books:

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy

https://footnotepress.com/books/women-who-ruled-the-world/

Catherine Parr: Wife, Widow, Mother, Survivor, the Story of the Last Queen of Henry VIII

https://www.amberley-books.com/catherine-parr-9781445603834.html

Amberley Publishing (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/n/community-elizabeth-norton.html

Head of Zeus (UK)

https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/elizabeth-norton

Pegasus Books (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/authors/elizabeth-norton

Dr Elizabeth Norton's website:

http://www.elizabethnorton.co.uk/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Three Queens: Stage Meets History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:46:16 GMT

In the run up to the US Premiere of the play Three Queens by Rosamund Gravelle we are chatting to the playwright as well as not one, but two Marian historians - Dr Johanna Strong and Dr Peter Stiffell.

Three Queens is about to open at Gamut Theatre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

The play is set on the eve of Jane Grey's execution, and the three royal ladies (one past ex Queen, one Queen Regnant, and one future Queen) find themselves at Greenwich Palace where familial connections run gamut (!) with religious strife. Mary I, Elizabeth I (as Princess) and the soon-to-be-beheaded Lady Jane Grey all meeting up. How would that go?

Today we're sorting out the historical truth about Mary I, and the future Good Queen Bess, as well as their cousin Jane.

Please welcome Ros, Jo and Peter!

Find the Play:

https://allevents.in/harrisburg/three-queens/200028723844953

https://www.rosamundgravelle.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rosamund_gravelle/

Find Dr Johanna:

https://drjohannastrong.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/_johanna.strong_/

Find Dr Peter:

https://drpeterstiffell.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p.stiffell97/

Read the Tudors:

https://www.amberley-books.com/katharine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Tudors-by-Numbers-The-Stories-and-Statistics-Behind-Englands-Most-Infamous-Royal-Dynasty-Hardback/p/23448/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Eating-with-the-Tudors-Food-and-Recipes-Hardback/p/23659/aid/1238 .

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.getyourguide.com/reign-of-london-s252243/

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Marianne: Where History Meets the Audience with Sofia Briccio

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:43:49 GMT

Ever wanted to time travel? Ever wanted to meet someone from the French Revolution? Well now you can.

Please welcome to the show Sofia Briccio, or rather, through her we meet the witness from the Reign of Terror, Marianne.

See the Show:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revolution-stage-an-interactive-theatrical-experience-tickets-1514157890009

Find Marianne:

https://www.instagram.com/marianne_revolutionstage/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Born with Teeth with Liz Duffy Adams

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Please welcome to our 175th episode, which is also falls on our TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

The playwright Liz Duffy Adams is on the podcast and today we’re talking about her play - Born with Teeth, currently at Wyndham's Theatre in London, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel where they play Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.

What was the inspiration behind this fictional (?) encounter between two literary giants? Why is it relevant to tell this story now? Tune in and find out....

See the Play:

https://www.wyndhamstheatre.co.uk/

Find the Play:

https://www.rsc.org.uk/born-with-teeth

https://www.instagram.com/bornwithteethplay/

Find Liz:

https://www.instagram.com/lizduffyadams/

https://lizduffyadams.com/

Read Liz:

https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/multiple.asp?keysearchauthor=Liz+Duffy+Adams&indexm=25&start=1&total=all&male=all&female=all

https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/born-with-teeth

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.getyourguide.com/reign-of-london-s252243/

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More Myths of RMS Titanic with Dan E Parkes

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT

Please welcome Dan E Parkes back to the podcast, the author of Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing. He also has a Youtube channel called Captain Titanic where he searches for the truth about this great ship.

This is the second part of our Titanic myth-busting, please turn your searchlights for the first part by scrolling up.

There's a lot of mention of the 1997 film here, with an occasional compare and contrast of facts v fiction. For more fan-girling (on Nat's side) of the film, head on over to our sister podcast Finally Got Round To... and check out the episode on this mighty motion picture, with Dan leading the historical accuracy crusade. Happy sailing!

Please find Dan's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/titanic-legacy.html

Find Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/parkesproductions/

https://titanicofficers.com/

https://linktr.ee/captaintitanic

https://www.williammurdoch.net/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

A walking tour dedicated to the story of RMS Titanic is in the works.

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Reinventing... Catherine of Braganza with Susan Abernethy

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Please welcome historian Susan Abernethy to the show, and we’ll be talking about her fabulous new book - Charles II’s Portuguese Queen: The Legacy of Catherine of Braganza, published by Pen & Sword.

Who was Catherine of Braganza? Why was this Portuguese princess best suited to be the next Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland? What dowry did she bring and what was her legacy? Let’s spill the tea…..

Get Catherine of Braganza:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-IIs-Portuguese-Queen-Hardback/p/52501/aid/1238

Get Susan's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Susan-Abernethy/a/6071

Find Susan:

https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/author/thefreelancehistorywriter/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-abernethy-16b57340

https://www.instagram.com/yoginisusan2010/

https://bsky.app/profile/susanabernethy2.bsky.social

More Stuarts:

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing… Juana of Castile: History and Musical Theatre Collide

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:20:27 GMT

Today we have a very special episode: we have the writers and co-producer of the new musical The Queen is Mad about the rise and fall of Juana of Castile, the elder sister to Katharine of Aragon and daughter to Ferdinand and Isabella, the great Catholic monarchs.

To make things even more special, we have acclaimed historian Heather R Darsie on the call as well to tell us what really happened back in 16th century Europe.

See the Musical:

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-queen-is-mad

Find the Musical:

https://pineconeperformance.com/the-queen-is-mad/

https://www.instagram.com/thequeenismadmusical

Hear the Musical:

https://open.spotify.com/album/66QRuwxkyD3lXWu9rXF49B

Find Heather:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hdarsiehistory

Read Heather:

https://www.amberley-books.com/katharine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Visit Blighty: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 02:05:43 GMT

Today we're taking a peak behind the veil or behind the plank rather, of the new exhibition about Pirates at the National Maritime Museum in London.

Let's find out what inspired this new display, and what is the journey the audience is about to embark upon...

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find Pirates:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551

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Speaking of Pirates.... join Natalie for a tour of Naughty London where we walk by an actual pirate ship:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Anne Boleyn: The Musical with Rebecca Night

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:46:02 GMT

Anne Boleyn: The Musical has just opened at Hever Castle, so let's talk to Rebecca Night, who wrote its book and co-wrote its lyrics.

Why is it important to tell Anne's story in her childhood home? What challenges did the production face when adapting a 16th century story for 21st century audiences? Why are we still so obsessed with Anne Boleyn?

Tune in and find out...

See the Musical:

https://www.historalia.co.uk/information/

Find the Musical:

https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynthemusical/

Find Rebecca:

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccanighthp/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr Thomas W Smith

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:23:11 GMT

Please welcome Dr Thomas W Smith and we’re going to talk about the epistolary culture in the middle ages and how can we relate to it today.

Find Tom:

https://thomaswsmith.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/medieval_tom/

https://linktr.ee/twsmith

The Fifth Crusade:

https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300283952/the-fifth-crusade/

Rewriting the First Crusade:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/rewriting-the-first-crusade/

Curia & Crusade:

https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503552972-1

Petitions and Strategies of Persuasion in the Middle Ages:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/petitions-and-strategies-of-persuasion-in-the-middle-ages/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/ .

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Margaret Tudor, English Princess, Queen of Scotland with Linda Porter

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:38:54 GMT

We continue our #MightyMargarets series!

Today we present to you our chat with Linda Porter about her book The Thistle and The Rose published by Head of Zeus, which tells the story of Margaret Tudor, English Princess, sister of Henry VIII. Margaret went on to marry the Scottish king James IV, and thus became the grandmother to the future Mary Queen of Scots and great-grandmother to James VI & I.

Margaret was the link between the Tudors and the Stuarts, so Happy #StuartSunday to you all!

Margaret Tudor: The Thistle and The Rose:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/thistle-and-the-rose-9781801105781/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Thistle-Rose-Linda-Porter/dp/1801105782/ (USA)

Katherine Parr:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/katherine-the-queen/linda-porter/9780330460804 (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312616960/katherinethequeen/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mary-tudor/linda-porter/9780749909826 (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312564964/themythofbloodymary/ (USA)

Crown of Thistles: Mary Queen of Scots:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/crown-of-thistles/linda-porter/9780330534376/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Tudors-Versus-Stewarts-Fatal-Inheritance/dp/1250067464/ (USA)

Royal Renegades: Children of Charles I

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/royal-renegades/linda-porter/9781447267546 (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Renegades-Children-Charles-English/dp/1250055423/ (USA)

The Mistresses of Charles II:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mistresses/linda-porter/9781509877072 (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Mistresses-Linda-Porter/dp/1509877053/ (USA)

Find Linda:

http://www.lindaporter.net/

https://www.instagram.com/linda.porter7/

https://x.com/DrLindaPorter1

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https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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The Realities of Regency Romance with Peter James Bowman

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:44:06 GMT

Dear listener, Today we present to you our chat with PETER JAMES BOWMAN, the author of The Real Persuasion: Portrait of a Real-Life Jane Austen Heroine, published with Amberley.

The book is a non-fiction account of a young woman named Catherine, whose own romance resembled that of Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion. The peculiar thing about it all is the fact that Jane Austen had no idea Catherine existed. Intrigued? As are we. Let’s find out more…

The Real Persuasion

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-real-persuasion-9781398122574.html

The Fortune Hunter

https://www.signalbooks.co.uk/2014/07/the-fortune-hunter/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-fortune-hunter/peter-james-bowman/9781909930032 (USA)

The First Celebrities

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/peter-james-bowman/the-first-celebrities.html

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Visit Blighty: Hatfield House

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:52:06 GMT

Today we start a new series, dedicated to Blighty’s great historic locations - today we talk to the lovely Georgina who works at Hatfield House, a gorgeous historic manor found in Hertfordshire, famous for being the childhood home of Elizabeth I.

Let’s find out more.

Visit Hatfield:

https://hatfield-house.co.uk/

https://hatfield-house.co.uk/explore/the-old-palace/

https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/hertfordshire/item/hatfield-house-gardens.html

https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/Favourite-2018.php

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-favourite-filming-locations

https://www.filminginengland.co.uk/where-was-the-favourite-filmed/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Vile the Tudor Play with Laura Crow

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:11:54 GMT

Today we sit down with illustrator, actor, playwright and producer Laura Crow to talk about her new project Vile, The Tudor Play.

This delicious production looks at the story of Jane Parker, a.k.a. Jane Boleyn, from a new angle.

See Vile:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-nopxgad

Find Vile:

https://www.tudorsociety.com/vile-the-radical-redemption/

https://www.instagram.com/vile_thetudorplay/

https://timeandagaintheatre.com/projects/

https://substack.com/@vilethetudorplay

Find Laura:

https://www.itslauracrow.com/

https://www.instagram.com/itslauracrow/

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https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Book of Merlin with John Matthews

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Good news - The New York Times Best-selling author JOHN MATTHEWS is back on the show, this time we’ll be talking about The Book of Merlin: Magic, Legend and History, published by Amberley.

Who was Merlin?

Did he actually exist?

What has Wales got to do with him?

And what is the larger context of the Merlin and Arthurian myths? Let’s dig in…

Happy #MerlinMonday !

The Book of Merlin:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Merlin-Magic-Legend-History/dp/1445699206/ (USA)

Get Realms of The Round Table:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/realms-of-the-round-table-john-matthews?variant=54864653418875 (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/realms-of-the-round-table-9781639369034-hardcover (USA)

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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James VI & I and the Dawn of a Global Britain with Anna Whitelock

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:52:55 GMT

Please welcome historian Anna Whitelock and we’ll be talking today about her fabulous new book - The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain, published by Bloomsbury (UK) & Viking Press (USA).

This is a wonderful account of James VI and I’s working life.

What was his connection to the colonies?

How global was Britain’s presence during his reign?

And is it true that he was once invited to the next tsar of Russia?

Let’s find out more.

The Sun Rising:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sun-rising-9781408863541/ (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-sun-rising/anna-whitelock/9781408863510 (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318646/the-sun-rising-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mary-tudor-9781408800782/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319084/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/189852/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Elizabeth's Bedfellows:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/elizabeths-bedfellows-9781408833643/ (UK)

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/queens-bed-intimate-history/author/whitelock-anna/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Bed-Intimate-History-Elizabeths/dp/0374239789/ (USA)

Find Anna:

https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73627/anna-whitelock/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Whitelock

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock

https://www.visiblecrown.com/as-a-historian-of-monarchy-i-thought-i-was-immune-to-its-magic-not-today

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=anna%20whitelock

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Melting Point with Rachel Cockerell

Wed, 28 May 2025 23:27:11 GMT

Have you ever heard of Russian Jews seeking new life in Galveston, Texas, after the pogroms in Imperial Russia? Now you have.

Today we talk to Rachel Cockerell, whose ancestor was responsible for this movement, and whose first book on this subject, told entirely with the voice of primary sources, was voted The Times and The Sunday Times Book of the year. Let’s find out more…

Get Melting Point:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/rachel-cockerell/9781035408917 (UK)

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rachel-cockerell/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/9781035408917/ (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374609269/meltingpoint/ (USA)

Find Rachel:

https://www.rachelcockerell.co.uk/

https://www.ft.com/content/a815b1ed-61dc-4912-85f5-a1e385d34d69

https://www.thejc.com/life/i-definitely-feel-more-jewish-than-when-i-started-writing-the-book-v1v6dbv4

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/melting-point-rachel-cockerell-book-review

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/melting-point-book-cockerell-jewish-homeland-galveston-project-texas/

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Reinventing… Margaret Beaufort with Lauren Johnson

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:54:01 GMT

We continue our #MightyMargarets series!

Good news! Lauren Johnson is back on the podcast, this time we’re talking about the great Tudor matriarch - Margaret Beaufort, the subject of Lauren’s upcoming book.

Did Margaret know how to have fun? What part did femininity play in her life? What was it like to have her as your boss? And what do swans have to do with Margaret Beaufort? Let's find out...

Pre-Order Margaret Beaufort - Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-beaufort-9781789541649/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Beaufort-Survivor-Rebel-Kingmaker-ebook/dp/B0F1FGLF27/ (USA)

Get The Shadow King - The Life and Death of Henry VI:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-king-9781784979645/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-shadow-king-9781643131283-hardcover (USA)

Get Lauren's Other Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/lauren-johnson/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/authors/lauren-johnson (USA)

Lauren's Fiction:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Arrow-of-Sherwood-Hardback/p/4101/aid/1238

Find Lauren:

http://lauren-johnson.com/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenJohnsonAuthor/

https://www.threads.com/@history_lauren

Lauren on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796295.Lauren_Johnson

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https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Reinventing... Sir Thomas More with Dr Joanne Paul

Sun, 25 May 2025 22:54:04 GMT

We chat with Dr Joanne Paul about her new book - Thomas More: Life and Death in Tudor England. (published by Penguin in UK and Simon and Schuster in USA).

Please pour yourself a cup of Countess Grey and start a drinking game on how many times Joanne and I are going to say ‘More’... when talking about one of the greatest figures of the Tudor age - Sir Thomas More…

Please watch/ binge/ indulge in My Lady Jane (2024) on Amazon Prime.

Find Joanne:

https://joannepaul.com/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=979

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6201559.Joanne_Paul

Pre-Order Thomas More:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453261/thomas-more-by-paul-joanne/9781405953603 (UK)

https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk/thomas-more-a-life_9781405953603 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas-More/Joanne-Paul/9781639368792 (USA)

The House of Dudley:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309209/the-house-of-dudley-by-paul-joanne/9781405937191 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-House-of-Dudley/Joanne-Paul/9781639366125 (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/books/the-house-of-dudley-9781639363285-hardcover (USA)

Utopia:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/utopia/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Utopia-by-Thomas-More-author-Joanne-Paul-editor/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

Joanne's Other Books:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/counsel-and-command-in-early-modern-english-thought/joanne-paul/9781108748254

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780745692173

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/queenship-and-counsel-in-early-modern-europe/helen-matheson-pollock/9783030083373

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thomas-more-a-life-dr-joanne-paul/7765640?ean=9781405953603

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joanne-Paul/197500984

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Tudors can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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What Matters in Jane Austen with John Mullan

Sat, 24 May 2025 00:13:43 GMT

This year we’re celebrating 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.

Today we sit down with John Mullan about his book What Matters in Jane Austen?, which has just been re-released by Bloomsbury Publishing.

What Matters in Jane Austen?

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-matters-in-jane-austen-9781526693945/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Jane-Austen-Crucial/dp/1620400421/ (USA)

The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/artful-dickens-9781408866825/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Artful-Dickens-Tricks-Ploys-Novelist/dp/1408866811/ (USA)

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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The First Battle of St Albans with Jackson van Uden

Wed, 21 May 2025 23:42:09 GMT

Today is the anniversary of the First Battle of St Albans, which was fought in 1455, making it the first battle of the Wars of the Roses; and to talk about it today our guest is Jackson van Uden.

Welcome back, Jackson!

Find Jackson:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

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Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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Anna of Denmark, the First British Queen with Steven Veerapen

Wed, 21 May 2025 01:38:38 GMT

Welcome to a new episode of our #StuartSpring series.

We’l be talking to Steven Veerapen about his book on ANNA OF DENMARK, wife to James VI and I. Anna married James in 1589, thus becoming Queen Consort of Scotland, and when he inherited the English throne upon the death of Elizabeth I, she Anna became queen of England as well, thus becoming the first British Queen.

Anna of Denmark:

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1160454

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Denmark-Queen-Two-Kingdoms/dp/1789973414/

The Wisest Fool - The Lavish Life of James VI and I:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-wisest-fool-2/

Pre-Order Witches: A King's Obsession:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Witches-Kings-Obsession-Steven-Veerapen/dp/1780279523/

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/witches/

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1113656

https://birlinn.co.uk/?s=steven%20veerapen&t=authors

Find Steven:

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://x.com/stevenveerapen

https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/veerapenstevendr/

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I and the French Powers-That-Be with Estelle Paranque

Mon, 19 May 2025 00:27:17 GMT

Today is the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution. As we know, her French connections didn’t save her, despite strongly forged links some years previously.

Today we talk to Estelle Paranque and ask her all about Anne and her daughter Elizabeth’s relationship with The French Powers-that-Be…

Bienvenue, Estelle!

Get Thorns, Lust and Glory:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451206/thorns-lust-and-glory-by-paranque-estelle/9781529149586 (UK)

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/estelle-paranque/thorns-lust-and-glory/9780306835933/ (USA)

Get Blood, Fire and Gold:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442867/blood-fire-and-gold-by-paranque-estelle/9781529109245 (UK)

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/estelle-paranque/blood-fire-gold/9780306830525/ (USA)

Get Estelle's Books:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elizabeth-England-through-Valois-Eyes-ebook/dp/B07JZ8FNLP

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remembering-Queens-Modern-England-France-ebook/dp/B07W6T6VZ8

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colonization-Piracy-Trade-Modern-Europe-ebook/dp/B074J86K7V

Find Estelle:

https://www.paranque.fr/estelle/

https://www.youtube.com/@ElleHistory

https://www.instagram.com/estelleprnq/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Tudors can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Sister of English Kings with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:42:38 GMT

Continuing on from Margaret of Anjou, today we have a new episode for the #MightyMargaret series.

This one is about MARGARET OF YORK, or as she became known after marriage, Margaret of Burgundy.

This of course is the sister to Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard III.

The in/famous Duchess who helped strengthen the links between England and Burgundy during her brothers' lives, but who also harboured the pretender/s to the Tudor throne later on.

Let’s learn all about this Girl Boss Duchess from Dr Elizabeth Norton.

Please find Dr Elizabeth Norton's books:

Pre-Order Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Ruled-World-Monarchy/dp/1804441139/

Catherine Parr: Wife, Widow, Mother, Survivor, the Story of the Last Queen of Henry VIII

https://www.amberley-books.com/catherine-parr-9781445603834.html

Amberley Publishing (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/n/community-elizabeth-norton.html

Head of Zeus (UK)

https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/elizabeth-norton

Pegasus Books (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/authors/elizabeth-norton

Dr Elizabeth Norton's website:

http://www.elizabethnorton.co.uk/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Queen James: The Six Loves of James VI & I with Gareth Russell

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:51:18 GMT

Stuart Spring continues!

Please welcome historian Gareth Russell and we’lll be talking today about his latest book Queen James, published by William Collins.

This is a new biography of James VI of Scotland, I of England, which makes us see James in a whole new light. Let’s find out more.

Get Queen James:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king-gareth-russell (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six-Loves-of-James-I/Gareth-Russell/9781668049686 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008660871/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king/ (AUS)

Get Palace:

https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court-gareth-russell-9780008437015/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008436995/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court/ (AUS)

Find Gareth:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/single-malt-history-with-gareth-russell/id1565005422

https://www.instagram.com/_garethrussell/

https://www.garethrussell.co.uk/

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing... Margaret of Anjou with Lauren Johnson

Thu, 08 May 2025 00:04:54 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Today we’re sitting down with historian Lauren Johnson and talking about the life and times of Margaret of Anjou, the long-suffering wife of Henry VI of England.

She was called the She-Wolf of France, she was villainised by the Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses and by Shakespeare long after her death. Did she deserve this fate? Let’s talk to Lauren and find out…

Pre-Order Margaret Beaufort - Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-beaufort-9781789541649/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Beaufort-Survivor-Rebel-Kingmaker-ebook/dp/B0F1FGLF27/ (USA)

Get The Shadow King - The Life and Death of Henry VI:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-king-9781784979645/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-shadow-king-9781643131283-hardcover (USA)

Get Lauren's Other Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/lauren-johnson/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/authors/lauren-johnson (USA)

Lauren's Fiction:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Arrow-of-Sherwood-Hardback/p/4101/aid/1238

Find Lauren:

http://lauren-johnson.com/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenJohnsonAuthor/

https://www.threads.com/@history_lauren

Lauren on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796295.Lauren_Johnson

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Arranged Love Blossom: The Stuart Edition

Sun, 04 May 2025 23:35:56 GMT

Welcome to our Royal Romance season.

We’re continuing with the #StuartSpring series, but this is the finale of the Royal Valentines season.

Today we’re going to look at two Stuart couples that found love within their marriage, despite their unions being arranged.

First up, we have Mark Turnbull who will tell us all about Elisabeth Stuart,

daughter of James VI & I, and her husband Frederick V of Bohemia.

Next up, concluding this year’s Royal Valentines, we have Andrea Zuvich, and she’ll tell us about the unexpected feelings of Mary II & William III,

the joint King and Queen, the heroes of the Glorious Revolution.

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/1642author/

www.1642author.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cavaliercast-the-civil-war-in-words/id1521758820

Andrea's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Ravenous-A-Life-of-Barbara-Villiers-Charles-IIs-Most-Infamous-Mistress-Hardback/p/50814/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sex-and-Sexuality-in-Stuart-Britain-Paperback/p/17131/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/a-year-in-the-life-of-stuart-britain.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-stuarts-in-100-facts.html

Find Andrea:

https://www.andreazuvich.com/about/

https://www.youtube.com/@17thCenturyLady

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrea-zuvich

Barbara Villiers' Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76Ernb5886hsmGQwFL7Rpi

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12bbaFVQcGGND7pzFRROGp

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing… Mary Queen of Scots with Steven Veerapen

Sun, 04 May 2025 01:47:39 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to SEASON EIGHT of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

This new season we’re kicking off with a brand new mini series dedicated to the Stuarts, titled #StuartSpring.

As our guest today we have Steven Veerapen, and we’ll be chatting all things Mary Queen of Scots. I say chatting, we’ll be busting some myths.

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

Get Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of Global Britain:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sun-rising-9781408863510/

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess, Queen of England with Heather R Darsie

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:35:40 GMT

Welcome to our 150th episode!

As a treat, we have something very special for you today.

Heather R Darsie is back on the show, once more we talk of her upcoming book

"Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess: I Am Not as Simple as I May Seem", published by Amberley Books.

This book dives deep into Katharine’s life when she was a young princess in Spain.

We get to learn all about her relations and the state of Iberian politics which makes for a fuller picture of Europe in the 16th century, especially if we already know what happened when Katharine arrived in England.

Let's re-evaluate what we know of Katharine, as the daughter of Spain.

Order Heather's New Book on Katherine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/katharine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Buy Heather's book Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Anne Boleyn:

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Trouble in Paradise: The Georgian Edition

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:47:58 GMT

Welcome to our Royal Romance season.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Georgian Couples that didn’t have a happy ending.

Please welcome Catherine Curzon back as we learn more about the Georgian couples whose Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date.

We’ll talking about George III of Great Britain & Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

and

Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld.

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238

Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

Join Natalie on her Georgian London walking tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

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Shakespeare's Sassy Ladies' Appreciation Tour with Carol Ann Lloyd

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

This is still Shakespeare Week, and today we present our latest episode celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Next up, we have Carol Ann Lloyd, an author of several books on the Tudors, and she’s also a researcher at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

On this episode, Carol Ann and Natalie are exploring Shakespeare's Sassy Leading Ladies, and just how much agency they had over their lives..

Find Carol Ann:

https://www.carolannlloyd.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shakeuphistory/

https://www.youtube.com/@carolannlloydshakeup

https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/experts/carol-ann-lloyd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolannlloyd/

https://linktr.ee/carolannlloyd

Get Carol Ann's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Tudors-by-Numbers-Hardback/p/23448/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Courting-the-Virgin-Queen-Hardback/p/50586/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her Naughty London Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

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Shakespeare's Sisters with Ramie Targoff

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Next up, we have Ramie Targoff and we’ll be talking about her latest book Shakespeare’s Sisters which celebrates the lives of William’s near contemporaries - the ladies who wrote. Anne Clifford, Aemilia Lanyer, Mary Sidney and Elizabeth Cary - let’s hear more about these, these women who wrote the Renaissance.

Published by Riverrun / Quercus.

Get Shakespeare's Sisters:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ramie-targoff/shakespeares-sisters/9781529404890/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/shakespeares-sisters/ramie-targoff/9781529404913 (UK - paperback)

https://shop.shakespeare.org.uk/products/shakespeare-s-sisters-four-women-who-wrote-the-renaissance-by-ramie-targoff-signed-by-the-author (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/618090/shakespeares-sisters-by-ramie-targoff/ (USA)

Find Ramie:

https://ramietargoff.com/about

Ramie's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/ramie-targoff/469902

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors with Matt Pinches (Guildford Shakespeare Company)

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Today our guest is Matt Pinches, the co-founder of Guildford Shakespeare Company.

And we’ll be talking about The Comedy of Errors, the play that the company is putting on a bit later in the year…

Find GSC:

https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/

https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/2025-programme/

https://www.instagram.com/guildfordshakespeare/

https://www.tiktok.com/@guildfordshakespeare

Get Tickets for The Comedy of Errors:

https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/the-comedy-of-errors

https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/a-company-of-rascals

Welcome to Our Table:

https://guildfordshakespeare.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173661433

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers with Darren Freebury-Jones

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:28:35 GMT

Today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, as well as his potential birthday.

We’re here to honour this great playwright and poet with a mini season of episodes, all to do with him.

First up, is Darren Freebury-Jones with his latest book - SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS - published by Manchester University Press, it’s all about William’s writing process and which authors and friends he was influenced by.

Words, words, words, indeed....

Find Darren:

https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/

https://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/guests/darren-feebury-jones/

https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/34306

https://www.instagram.com/freeburian/

Borrowed Feathers:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-borrowed-feathers-playwrights-greatest/dp/1526177323 (USA)

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Royal Love Stories Told Wrong: Cupid Painted Blind

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Royal Love Stories Told Wrong: Cupid Painted Blind

On this episode we’re looking at the royal love stories which are different from how they’re usually told.

To help sort out fact from fiction, we have great historians with us today.

The couples we’ll be talking about include:

Isabella of France & Edward II of England (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII..also of England (Amy McElroy)
Anna of Cleves & also Henry VIII (Heather R Darsie)
Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katharine of Aragon and Her Spanish Family:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's book on Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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The Fall of the House of Byron with Emily Brand

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:42:04 GMT

On the 19th April 1824 at the age of 36, George Gordon Byron, the 6th Baron died in Greece.

Today we sit down and talk to Emily Brand, a Georgian historian and the biographer of the Byron family.

We’ll be discussing her book The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England released by John Murray Press (Hachette UK).

Welcome, Emily!

The Fall of the House of Byron:

https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/emily-brand/the-fall-of-the-house-of-byron/9781473664326/

Signed Copy:

https://www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page/the-fall-of-the-house-of-byron-pb-with-signed-bookplate

Find Emily:

https://www.emilybrand.co.uk/

https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/emilybrand

https://greatbritishspeakers.co.uk/talents/emily-brand-speaker/

Get Emily's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/emily-brand/12381

Georgian London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-from-tudors-stuarts-to-windsors-walking-tour-t481355/

Find Natalie:

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://linktr.ee/IfItAintBaroquePodcast

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing… Edward I with Darren Baker

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Please welcome Darren Baker back on the podcast, and we’re going to talk about his latest book - The Confessions and Chronicle of Lord Edward, meaning we’re going to be digging up dirt on the young future Edward I, also known as Longshanks.

Darren's Books:

Henry III, his brother, his sister and his wife

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/henry-iii/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Two-Eleanors-of-Henry-III-Hardback/p/16782/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

Edward I

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Chronicle-Lord-Edward-Longshanks-ebook/dp/B0DTZ17MSQ/

The House of de Montford

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Crusaders-and-Revolutionaries-of-the-Thirteenth-Century-Hardback/p/18631/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/simon-de-montfort-and-the-rise-of-the-english-nation.html

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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The Battle of Culloden and the Jacobites with Callum Watson

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden where in 1746 the British Army defeated the Jacobites, the supporters of the House of Stuart. It’s considered to be the last civil war fought on British soil.

Let’s welcome Dr Callum Watson back on the show.

Callum works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently released a book on the topic with Pen & Sword Publishing.

Callum's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

The Battle of Bannockburn - National Trust for Scotland:

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/bannockburn/

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12270298/

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell

London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Arranged Love Blossom: We Found Love Right Where We Are

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

We Found Love Right Where We Are: Arranged Love Blossoming

On this episode we’re looking at the Royal Couples, who were brought together by an arranged marriage. Despite this, they found love and comfort in the union. We have great historians with us today. Darren Baker, Sharon Bennett Connolly and Heather R Darsie.

The couples in question saluted today will include:

Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence (Darren Baker)
Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
John II of Castile or Juan de Castilla the Second & Isabel of Portugal (Heather R Darsie)
Johann Friedrich I Elector of Saxony & Sybilla von der Marck

Darren's Books:

Henry III, his brother, his sister and his wife

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/henry-iii/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Two-Eleanors-of-Henry-III-Hardback/p/16782/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

Edward I

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Chronicle-Lord-Edward-Longshanks-ebook/dp/B0DTZ17MSQ/

The House of de Montford

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Crusaders-and-Revolutionaries-of-the-Thirteenth-Century-Hardback/p/18631/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/simon-de-montfort-and-the-rise-of-the-english-nation.html

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katharine of Aragon and Her Spanish Family:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's book on Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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The Myths of RMS Titanic with Dan E Parkes

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Today is the anniversary of the ship’s sinking, so we’ll be busting a lot of myths about Titanic’s maiden voyage and her sinking.

Welcome back, Dan!

A great thank you to Dan for joining us today.

This is the first out of two episodes for Myth-taken Ship. Please turn your search lights on for the next one, sailing soon.

Please find Dan's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/titanic-legacy.html

Find Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/parkesproductions/

https://titanicofficers.com/

https://linktr.ee/captaintitanic

https://www.williammurdoch.net/

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her London Walking Tours, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

A walking tour dedicated to the story of RMS Titanic is in the works.

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble in Paradise

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.

Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble in Paradise...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t have a happy ending. Their Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date.

Please welcome Sharon Bennett Connolly, Heather R Darsie and Amy McElroy back on the podcast as we learn more about the couples today.

Sharon gives us a teaser on the Henry IV of England/ Mary Bohun relationship that we will cover in the future episode... But for what it's worth, Henry and Mary's love story did end tragically...

On this episode, we’ll talking about:

Enguerrand de Coucy and Isabella of England (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
Philip the Handsome of Burgundy and Juana of Castile (Heather R Darsie)
And Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon (Amy McElroy)

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katharine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's book on Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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The Founding Fathers and Mothers of Victorian Engineering with Rob Bell

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

On the 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a little boy was born. Few could have predicted the impact his work would have on the world. His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

As a special treat in honour of Mr Brunel’s birthday, today I talk to Rob Bell, an engineer, podcaster and TV presenter. You may recognise him from Channel 5 documentaries on Britain’s Bridges, Ships, Lighthouses, Lost Battlefields and Railways and many more.

We’re going to discuss some of the founding fathers and mothers of Victorian Engineering... in other words, how it all began…

Rob's Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1MEsNELZRQ1bCfNHI50r6J

Rob's Documentaries:

Brunel: The Man Who Built Britain:

https://www.channel5.com/show/brunel-the-man-who-built-britain (UK)

Britain's Greatest Ships:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Greatest-Ships/dp/B084GLBRR8/ (UK)

Building the Impossible (Lighthouses):

https://www.channel5.com/show/building-the-impossible (UK)

London's Greatest Bridges:

https://www.channel5.com/show/london-s-greatest-bridges (UK)

Britain's Greatest Bridges:

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-greatest-bridges (UK)

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell/season-1/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell (UK)

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Britains-Lost-Battlefields/0IP4Y3DYQZ29KZ9XXJEFZ92UXX (USA)

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Strange Royal Bedfellows: Swiped Left

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.

Swiped Left: Strange Royal Bedfellows...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t take to each other and thus the union weren’t ultimately successful.

Sharon Bennett Connolly kicks us off with the story of Philip II of France and Ingeborg of Denmark, and we’ll continue with

Henry III of Navarre/ IV of France & Marguerite de Valois (Mark Turnbull)
George I of Great Britain & Sophia Dorothea of Celle (Catherine Curzon)
Christian VII of Denmark & Norway & Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
George IV of Great Britain & Caroline of Brunswick

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's New Book

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Get Mark's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/1642author/

www.1642author.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cavaliercast-the-civil-war-in-words/id1521758820

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Voyages with the Celtic Saints with John Matthews

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT

Please welcome John Matthews to the show.

And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth.

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

Find Natalie:

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://linktr.ee/IfItAintBaroquePodcast

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The King's Grannies

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:27:36 GMT

Welcome to our Romance Royale series.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the King’s many grannies. The royal couplings that had to happen to further the family tree.

We’re looking at five such couples today,

James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort,

Owain Tudor and Catherine of Valois,

Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort,

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York,

And of course,

James VI/I and Anna of Denmark.

Let’s welcome our experts Callum Watson, Nathen Amin and Mark Turnbull.

Callum's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-37767-0

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

Find Nathen:

https://substack.com/@nathenamin

https://www.instagram.com/nathenamin/

Get Son of Prophecy:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin/the-son-of-prophecy.html

Get Nathen's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin.html

Get Mark's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/1642author/

www.1642author.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cavaliercast-the-civil-war-in-words/id1521758820

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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The Battle of Baugé with Callum Watson

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:54:36 GMT

Many people know the Hundred Years’ War, and almost everyone in the English speaking world has heard of the Battle of Agincourt, but not many would be familiar with the The Battle of Baugé which was fought on the 22nd March 1421 between the English and the Franco-Scottish forces in the territory of Baugé in France.

Let’s ask Callum Watson more about this conflict.

Callum works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently released a book on the topic with Pen & Sword Publishing.

Callum's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

The Battle of Bannockburn - National Trust for Scotland:

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/bannockburn/

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12270298/

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell

London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare with Will Tosh

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:21:00 GMT

Welcome to season SEVEN of our podcast!

Everybody knows Shakespeare.

However, perhaps not as well known to most is that beneath the surface, much of Shakespeare’s work surrounds ideas of gender and queerness.

Many of the plays are concerned with cross-dressing, gender fluidity, and same-sex friendships that many scholars have interpreted to be much more.

Drawing inspiration from homoerotic writers and subject matter of the time, We can assume that Shakespeare knew his audience were sexually diverse.

The question remains, was he or wasn’t he? The answer is more complicated than you think.

Today we welcome, Will Tosh, head of research at Shakespeare’s Globe, London.

Will is a scholar of early modern literature and culture, a dramaturg for Renaissance classics and new plays and an historical adviser for television and radio.

He is here to talk about his latest book, STRAIGHT ACTING: THE MANY QUEER LIVES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, released by Sceptre Publishing.

And let me introduce our new guest host, Neil Cameron.

A RADA trained actor, Neil is no stranger to Shakespeare.

His stage credits include Hamlet in Hamlet, and more recently featured in Macbeth at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Find Will:

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/bio/dr-will-tosh/

Will & Will:

https://shop.shakespearesglobe.com/blogs/books-of-the-globe/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare-by-will-tosh-book-review

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/straight-acting-will-tosh-review

https://literaryreview.co.uk/in-search-of-the-fair-youth

https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15762/will-tosh-interview-straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare

Find Straight Acting:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/will-tosh/straight-acting/9781529390490/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/straight-acting/will-tosh/9781529390476 (UK)

https://shop.shakespearesglobe.com/products/straight-acting (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Acting-Hidden-William-Shakespeare/dp/1541602676 (USA)

https://www.hachette.com.au/will-tosh/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare (AUS)

https://www.hachette.co.nz/book/?id=straight-acting-9781529390483 (NZ)

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452

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Royal Friends to Lovers: Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples that truly fit the trope of Friends to Lovers.

The title of the episode is Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand, meaning our couples today knew each other of old and had to get married for practical reasons, but they grew to love each other with time.

On the Royal Menu today we have:

The Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Edward, the Black Prince (elder son of Edward III), as well as Anne Neville & Richard III.

To help us understand these couples better, we've enlisted Sharon Bennett Connolly.

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Women of the Anarchy by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Website:

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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San Pedro Bay: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America with James Tejani

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:30:49 GMT

Please welcome James Tejani on the show.

We’re talking about his book A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth:

The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.

Published last year with WW Norton and Company.

Let’s find out more about the San Pedro Bay and how it transformed into one of the most imPORTant locations in the world. Pun intended.

What was the significance of this spot, why was it chosen, how did it develop? Which of America's famous sons were behind it?

By the end of the episode we’ll also find out if Edward Ord, a pivotal character in this book, was a grandson of Prince Regent, i.e. George IV.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…

Welcome, James!

Find James:

https://jamestejani.com/

Get James' Book:

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093558

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-james-tejani/1144065520

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making-of-the-port-of-los-angeles-and-america-james-tejani/20615589?ean=9781324093565&digital=t

https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making/id6467292818 (USA)

http://bit.ly/41NSVaE (UK)

Get Catherine's Books on the Georgians:

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tour Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-from-tudors-stuarts-to-windsors-walking-tour-t481355/?ranking_uuid=b140b9f7-5b9a-4f24-a398-43be9b622724

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The Royal What-Ifs: We Know Not What We May Be...

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Welcome to our Royal Romance season.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together.

The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise.

We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,

George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,

And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale & Empress Alexandra.

It is always curious to ponder how different history would be if certain events had developed differently.

To talk of these would-be couples, as well as touch upon the alternative history that we never got to know, we have historians Chris Riley and Catherine Curzon.

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238

Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century

We are now on Patreon!

Join our Baroque Kingdom and become a peer of the realm:

https://patreon.com/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens with Gemma Hollman

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 19:33:11 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Gemma Hollman is back on the show!

This time with her latest book Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens (Abbeville Press).

This book has women’s stories told with some serious help from contemporary art. How were women depicted in paintings, pictures and drawings? Let’s find out more...

Find Gemma:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/?s=gemma+hollman&submit=

https://justhistoryposts.com/

https://bsky.app/profile/gemmahauthor.bsky.social

Get Gemma's Books:

Women in the Middle Ages:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Middle-Ages-Illuminating-Peasants/dp/0789214962 (UK)

https://www.abbeville.com/products/women-in-the-middle-ages (USA)

Women of Edward III:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-queen-and-the-mistress/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Queen-and-the-Mistress/Gemma-Hollman/9781639363599 (USA)

Royal Witches:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/royal-witches/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Royal-Witches/Gemma-Hollman/9781643137704 (USA)

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her London Walking Tours, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Improbable Matches at the Royal Court: My Heart Flies to Your Service

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:47:18 GMT

Join us this month and explore the love stories of the past.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.

My Heart Flies to Your Service...

On this episode of our Valentines Series, we’re looking at couples, where a monarch or a senior royal made a match against society rules and definitely against convention of the day.

We’re looking at three such couples today, Isabella of France & Roger Mortimer, Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Thomas Holland; and of course, Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon.

To help us get to know there couples better, we invited Sharon Bennett Connolly and Amy McElroy.

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Women of the Anarchy :

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Heroines of the Medieval World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Pre-Order Sharon's New Book

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and The Spy with Dan E Parkes

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:09:46 GMT

Please welcome to the podcast Dan E Parkes, he has just released a book called Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing.

What happened to the family of Titanic’s captain E J Smith after the sinking?

Where their lives affected by other disasters of the 20th century?

Is it true that his daughter’s husband is the original James Bond?

Let’s find out…

Of course, this being Titanic, Dan and I will be busting a lot of myths on the way as well.

Please find Dan's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/titanic-legacy.html

Find Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/parkesproductions/

https://titanicofficers.com/

https://linktr.ee/captaintitanic

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her London Walking Tours, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

A walking tour dedicated to the story of RMS Titanic is in the works.

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Love amid Revolution: These Violent Delights have Violent Ends

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:58:34 GMT

This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples who faced revolutions and regime changes in their countries.

Did love survive the turmoil? Was the throne lost forever? If they didn’t love each other, could the outcome have been different?

We’re looking at three such couples today,

Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and of course, Nicholas II and Alexandra.

To make sense of their romantic and political shenanigans, we have historians Mark Turnbull and Catherine Curzon.

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238

Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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Murder, She Wrote in Anglo-Saxon... with Annie Whitehead

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:06:38 GMT

Let’s talk about murder that was happening in Anglo-Saxon England, who was killing whom, why and what was the punishment?

With kings and queens, Did primogeniture or the lack of it made any difference?

What were the most gruesome cases?

Annie Whitehead wrote a book on True Murder History in Anglo-Saxon England, with the tagline Justice, Wergild, Revenge, published by Amberley.

Find Annie:

https://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk/

Murder in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.amberley-books.com/murder-in-anglosaxon-england.html

Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom:

https://www.amberley-books.com/mercia-9781398103337.html

Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Women-of-Power-in-Anglo-Saxon-England-Hardback/p/17769/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

Our New Podcast Finally Got Round To...:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1R2IGs4ISTwtE5SD1cecNW

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/finally-got-round-to/id1796730805

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Iconic Power Couples: My Bounty is as Boundless as the Sea

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:32:52 GMT

This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past.

On this, the first episode of our Valentines series of 2025, we’re focussing on the Iconic Power Couples of the royal circle.

Let’s take a look at three couples: Eleanor of Aquitaine & Henry II of England, Eleanor of Castile & Edward I and Isabel of Castile & Fernando of Aragon.

To help us understand these couples better, we've enlisted Sharon Bennett Connolly and Heather R Darsie.

Sharon Bennett Connolly has written many books about medieval women, let’s ask her about the two Eleanor couples.

Heather R Darsie has just finished her Katharine of Aragon book, which is convenient, because we’ll be talking about Kat's parents.

Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Women of the Anarchy by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Sharon's Website:

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katherine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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Reinventing... the Renaissance with Ada Palmer

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:30:16 GMT

Please welcome to the podcast Ada Palmer, who is talking about her new book - Inventing The Renaissance,

just published with Head of Zeus.

Let’s dive in and debunk some myths, shall we?

Get Inventing the Renaissance:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/inventing-the-renaissance-9781035910120/ (UK)

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo246135916.html (USA)

Find Ada:

https://www.adapalmer.com/blog-ex-urbe/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ex-urbe-ad-astra/id1580107970

https://exurbe.libsyn.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Poet Mystic Widow Wife with Hetta Howes

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 01:00:01 GMT

Let’s talk about women’s lives in the medieval era, did you know that they wrote books under their own names? They had a sense of humour? Let’s talk of those women who lived lives on their own terms…

We’re sitting down with Hetta Howes, who has recently published her first book with Bloomsbury, called Poet Mystic Widow Wife. Welcome, Hetta!

Get Poet Mystic Widow Wife:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/poet-mystic-widow-wife-9781399408738/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/poet-mystic-widow-wife/hetta-howes/9781399408738 (UK)

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/poet-mystic-widow-wife/hardcover (USA)

Find Hetta:

https://x.com/HettaHowes

https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/hetta-howes

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/articles/interviews/although-they-were-living-hundreds-of-years-ago-these-women-were-in-many-ways-just-like-us/

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Master of Measham Hall with Anna Abney

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:22:37 GMT

Today we’re sitting down with Anna Abney, who has written a historical fiction quadrilogy set in Stuart England, the first book is called The Master of Measham Hall, published by Duckworth Books.

Let’s dive deep into the Restoration era with the Great Plague making its mark.

As the story progresses, it will take us all the way to the Glorious Revolution, with the Christmas Prequel rewinding the narrative back to the Commonwealth era.

Find Anna:

https://www.duckworthbooks.co.uk/fb-author/anna-abney/

Find Measham Hall Quadrilogy:

The Master of Measham Hall

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-master-of-measham-hall/anna-abney/9780715654507

The Messenger of Measham Hall

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger-of-measham-hall/anna-abney/9780715654798

The Prisoner of Measham Hall

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-prisoner-of-measham-hall/anna-abney/9780715655344

The Secret Christmas: A Measham Hall Story

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-secret-christmas/anna-abney/9780715655573

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Duchess of Suffolk with Amy McElroy

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:23:18 GMT

Let’s welcome back Amy McElroy, to talk about Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, sister of Henry VIII, Queen of France by first marriage and Duchess of Suffolk by second.

If you remember the Showtime series The Tudors, that’s the one who marries Henry Cavill, and if you watched the recent Amazon Prime show My Lady Jane, which is awesome, by the way, it features her granddaughter as the lead character.

Amy has just published her book Mary Tudor, Queen of France, with Pen & Sword.

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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If It Ain’t Baroque Music with Nicholas McGegan

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today we have a very special guest. He is an OBE and a Grammy award nominee. He has conducted Baroque music the world over, and today he joined us for a chat about his decades-long career, his love of music, the history of his family and of course, his upcoming 75th birthday.

Welcome, Nic!

Find Nic:

https://www.nicholasmcgegan.com/

Listen to Nic:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tW7J49UTzVDW9ns4E37D1

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Reinventing... Katharine of Aragon with Heather R Darsie

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Heather R Darsie is back on the podcast, this time with her upcoming new book

"Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess: I Am Not as Simple as I May Seem", published by Amberley Books.

Let's re-evaluate what we know of Katharine, as the daughter of Spain. What family drama did she leave behind? What was going on the continent when Henry was trying to divorce her? Did the change of Pope affect Katharine's fate?

Heather dives deep into Katharine's youth and busts myth after myth. Prepare to re-evaluate everything you know of this great Queen.

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katherine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Buy Heather's book Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Anne Boleyn:

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Margaret Beaufort with Nicola Tallis (Bonus Episode)

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:21:47 GMT

This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode we’re chatting to Nicola Tallis about the great Tudor Matriarch, Margaret Beaufort.

Welcome, Nicola!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Get Nicola’s Books:

https://www.mombooks.com/books/?search=Nicola+tallis

Find Nicola’s Tudor Trio Project:

https://thetudortrio.wordpress.com/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Queen-Making with Elizabeth Norton (Bonus Episode)

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:29:54 GMT

This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode we’re chatting to Dr Elizabeth Norton as she prepares for her talk on Reigning Spanish Queens.

Welcome back, Elizabeth!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Please find Dr Elizabeth Norton's books:

Catherine Parr: Wife, Widow, Mother, Survivor, the Story of the Last Queen of Henry VIII

https://www.amberley-books.com/catherine-parr-9781445603834.html

Amberley Publishing (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/n/community-elizabeth-norton.html

Head of Zeus (UK)

https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/elizabeth-norton

Pegasus Books (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/authors/elizabeth-norton

Dr Elizabeth Norton's website:

http://www.elizabethnorton.co.uk/

Pre-Order Dr Elizabeth’s Upcoming Book:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Elizabeth_Norton_Women_Who_Ruled_the_World?id=48UhEQAAQBAJ&pli=1

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Imagery of Mary I with Peter Stiffell (Bonus Episode)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:00:16 GMT

This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode let’s chat to Peter Stiffel as he teases us on the topic of his upcoming talk at the festival

Welcome, Peter!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Marriage That Made the Tudors with Nathen Amin (Bonus Episode)

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:55:45 GMT

This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode let’s chat to Nathen Amin as he teases us on the topic of his upcoming talk at the festival

Welcome back, Nathen!

Get Son of Prophecy:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin/the-son-of-prophecy.html

Get Nathen's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin.html

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Katharine of Aragon Festival in Peterborough with Jackson van Uden (Bonus Episode)

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:33:47 GMT

This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

Let’s talk to Jackson van Uden - the man in charge of the festival and find out more about this celebration of Katharine of Aragon.

Please enjoy this bonus episode.

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Find Jackson here:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Educating the Tudors with Amy McElroy

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:32:17 GMT

How were people educated in the 16th century England? Did girls and boys have different curriculums? Did Henry VIII’s antics influence education at all? And what were the whipping boys?

Let’s welcome Amy McElroy, and we’ll be talking about her book Educating the Tudors, published by Pen & Sword.

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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John Morton: Henry's Shadow with Ashley Wood

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Today our guest is Ashley Wood, and we’re talking about his new Amberley Published book - Henry’s Shadow, which tells us about the life and times of John Morton, a cleric who was a very important figure during the Wars of the Roses.

John Morton was born during the reign of Henry V, with the memory of Henry IV still in the air, and died during the reign of Henry VII, with a future Henry VIII being a boy.

What was this man like, who did he side with, and how did he manage to survive in such perilous times? Let’s hear it from Ashley.

Get Henry's Shadow:

https://www.amberley-books.com/henrys-shadow.html

See More Books that feature John Morton:

https://www.amberley-books.com/john-morton.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/henry-vii-and-the-tudor-pretenders-9781398112469.html

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

Royal London Walking Tour

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Scotland's Medieval Queens: A Crown of Margarets with Sharon Bennett Connolly

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:30:39 GMT

Welcome to season SIX of our independent history podcast.

Today we’re talking to Sharon Bennett Connolly, about her upcoming book “Scotland’s Medieval Queens”, soon to be published by Pen & Sword.

What do you call a collection of Royal Margarets? A Crown? A Madge?

In Sharon's latest book, there is a significant and above average congregation of Royal Ladies named Margaret...

Let's hear about them and other Queens based in Scotland in the medieval era...

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Pre-Order Princesses of the Early Middle Ages:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Princesses-of-the-Early-Middle-Ages-Hardback/p/57998/aid/1238

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Women of the Anarchy :

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Heroines of the Medieval World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Find Baroque:

https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://x.com/BaroquePodcast

https://www.tiktok.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://bsky.app/profile/ifitaintbaroquepod.bsky.social

https://www.threads.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours with Reign of London:

RMS Titanic:

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/london-l57/london-rms-titanic-walking-tour-t1246693/

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Death of Katharine of Aragon with Jackson van Uden

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:52:25 GMT

It is the 7th January 1536, Katharine of Aragon dies a few weeks after her 50th birthday.

She dies ignored by her husband Henry VIII and unable to see her daughter.

Let's talk to Jackson van Uden and find out more about the death of this great Queen...

Please enjoy this bonus episode.

Find Jackson here:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Battle of Wakefield with Jackson van Uden

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:00:00 GMT

It is the 30th December 1460, the Battle of Wakefield is about to unfold...

This is one of the lesser known conflicts of the Wars of the Roses, yet its legacy is immense.

Let’s talk to Jackson van Uden and find out why…

Find Jackson here:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Pomp & Piety at the Stuart Court with Ben Norman

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:00:35 GMT

For this #StuartSunday , Let’s talk about the habits of the Stuarts, what did they wear, what did they believe?

How does the pomp and piety go together?

And what makes the 17th century so great and unique?

Today we chat to Ben Norman,

who’s written a book Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England, published by Amberley.

Get Pomp & Piety:

https://www.amberley-books.com/pomp-and-piety.html

Get Ben's Other Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Death-in-17th-Century-England-Paperback/p/18009/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/James-Is-Tumultuous-First-Year-as-King-Hardback/p/24327/aid/1238

Get Ben's New Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-17th-Century-Knight-Hardback/p/51496/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

Royal London Walking Tour

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth Queen with Laura Adkins

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:01:38 GMT

Let’s talk about Kateryn Parr - the last wife of Henry VIII.

Who were her first two husbands? Was she indeed the one who survived?

What was her relationship like with her step-children? She must have been quite a woman for Henry to leave her as regent when he went to fight the French.

To chat all things Kateryn, we have Laura Adkins, who recently published a biography of this queen with Pen & Sword.

Get Laura's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kateryn-Parr-Hardback/p/24439/aid/1238

Find Laura:

www.thelocalhistoryblogger.co.uk

https://x.com/TLHBlogger

https://www.instagram.com/localhistoryblogger/

https://www.facebook.com/TheLocalHistoryBlogger

Blog Post on Jane Seymour by Natalie on Laura's Blog in 2020:

'Third Time's the Charm'

https://fortheloveofhistoryhome.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/jane-seymour-third-times-the-charm/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

Royal London Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Mary Windsor, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood with Elisabeth Basford

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:48:26 GMT

It is my absolute pleasure to announce today’s guest - please welcome Elisabeth Basford to the pod, and we talk about HRH Princess Mary Windsor, the paternal aunt to the late Queen, sister to the Duke of Windsor and daughter of George V and Queen Mary.

Elisabeth has published her book Princess Mary: First Modern Princess with The History Press.

Get the Book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/princess-mary/

More on Mary by Elisabeth:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/contributor/elisabeth-basford/

https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-mary-first-modern-princess-biography-elisabeth-basford

https://www.on-magazine.co.uk/arts/book-review/bios-memoir/princess-mary-elisabeth-basford/

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire-post/20210127/281530818689045

Find Elisabeth:

https://www.instagram.com/princessmaryprincessroyal/

https://www.tiktok.com/@princessmary1897

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Steel Lobsters: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England with Myke Cole

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:54:50 GMT

Ever seen medieval knights with guns?

The English Civil War of the 17th century had some of their warriors dressed in medieval armour, as they were sporting the latest gun technology…

these knights were under the command of Sir Arthur Hesilrige, one of the underrated figures of this conflict.

Today we’re talking to Myke Cole, as Sir Arthur and his medieval-dressed knights are the subject of his new book

Steel Lobsters: Crown, Commonwealth, and the Last Knights in England, published by Osprey.

Get Steel Lobsters:

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/steel-lobsters-9781472863584/

Get Myke's Books:

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/bronze-lie-9781472843739/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/killing-ground-9781472858641/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/legion-versus-phalanx-9781472828439/

Find Myke:

https://mykecole.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

Royal London Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Katharine of Aragon: The Queen of England with Jackson van Uden

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:20:22 GMT

It is 16th December 1535.

Katharine of Aragon is dying at Kimbolton Castle, she just turned 50 years old, she knows she will never see her only child again, and her husband has utterly abandoned her.

She would die three weeks later.

The story of Katharine is one of courage, determination and stoicism.

One can only admire her.

...Today we’re talking to Jackson van Uden about Catherine’s life in England.

Tune in and find out why Katharine is buried at Peterborough Cathedral, what had kept her going when her character was being ripped apart, and what is her legacy?

Grab your headphones now...

Join us for the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Find Jackson:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

Royal London - Anglo-Saxons to Tudors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Royal London - Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

Royal Valentines:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-valentines-walking-tour-t481358/

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Catalina de Aragón: The Daughter of Spain with Emma Cahill Marrón

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 03:02:52 GMT

On the 16th December 1485, a little girl was born to the reigning Catholic monarchs of Castile and Aragon - the little girl was named Catalina.

She grew up to be one of the most famous women in English history.

Not only was she the youngest daughter of Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, she was sister to Juana la Loca, she was also mother to Mary I and the first wife of Henry VIII…

Let’s talk about Catalina’s early years and her Spanish heritage that she brought to England…

Today it is my great pleasure talking to Emma Cahill Marrón, give her a round of applause!

Find Emma:

https://www.instagram.com/emmacahillmarron/

https://x.com/EmmaMarron60912

https://www.threads.net/@emmacahillmarron

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

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The House of Dudley with Dr Joanne Paul

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:50:16 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to the 100th Episode of our podcast, If It Ain’t Baroque…

I am absolutely delighted to introduce today’s guest - Dr Joanne Paul.

She is a professor at University of Sussex; She was the historical advisor on the brilliant Amazon Prime show My Lady Jane (2024);

She has also written one of the best history books of the last few years - called The House of Dudley, which tells us the story of this family and their connection to the Crown in the 16th century England, and that’s what we’ll be talking about today.

Please watch/ binge/ indulge in My Lady Jane (2024) on Amazon Prime.

Find Joanne:

https://joannepaul.com/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=979

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6201559.Joanne_Paul

Pre-Order Thomas More:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453261/thomas-more-by-paul-joanne/9781405953603 (UK)

https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk/thomas-more-a-life_9781405953603 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas-More/Joanne-Paul/9781639368792 (USA)

The House of Dudley:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309209/the-house-of-dudley-by-paul-joanne/9781405937191 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-House-of-Dudley/Joanne-Paul/9781639366125 (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/books/the-house-of-dudley-9781639363285-hardcover (USA)

Utopia:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/utopia/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Utopia-by-Thomas-More-author-Joanne-Paul-editor/9780198860204 (UK & USA)

Joanne's Other Books:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/counsel-and-command-in-early-modern-english-thought/joanne-paul/9781108748254

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/thomas-more/joanne-paul/9780745692173

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/queenship-and-counsel-in-early-modern-europe/helen-matheson-pollock/9783030083373

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thomas-more-a-life-dr-joanne-paul/7765640?ean=9781405953603

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joanne-Paul/197500984

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic with Amy Jeffs

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:07:45 GMT

Let’s talk about ...Saints!

Please give a massive round of applause for Amy Jeffs, author of a new book Saints: a New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic. Published by Riverrun.

This chat has it all, a cult of Edward the Confessor, a definition of what a saint actually is and was, a mention of a man covered in pricks (yes, those) and why Henry VIII is to be blamed for everything yet again... we throw in some salmon fishing in the Thames, a medieval c**k-ring and ...it's definitely time to put on headphones and dive into this episode!

Get Saints:

https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/amy-jeffs/saints/9781529416619/

Find Amy:

https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/contributor/amy-jeffs/

https://www.amyjeffshistoria.com/

https://www.instagram.com/amyjeffs_author/

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, where we talk all things Edward the Confessor, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll with Lyndsy Spence

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:31:54 GMT

Today we’re talking about Margaret Whigham, the it-girl of 1930’s, who became Mrs Sweeny with her first marriage - Cole Porter mentioned her in a song - and Duchess of Argyll with her second.

She is remembered today for a sex scandal initiated by the 11th Duke of Argyll during their divorce proceedings.

She is also responsible for restoring Inveraray Castle in Scotland; and

one can definitely credit Margaret with making waves when it comes to legislation against revenge porn.

And today we’re talking to Lyndsy Spence, who wrote a book on Margaret, published by The History Press.

Get The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll Book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-grit-in-the-pearl/

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-deb-of-1930-margaret-whigham-enters-society/

Find Lyndsy's Books:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/cast-a-diva/

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/where-madness-lies/

Find Lyndsy:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/contributor/lyndsy-spence/

https://www.instagram.com/lyndsyspence/

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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Reinventing... The Vikings with Alex Harvey

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:15:21 GMT

Let's talk Vikings...

What is true, what is false? What myths persist about this ...group (?) of people and what makes them so fascinating?

Tune in and find out...

Get Forgotten Vikings:

https://www.amberley-books.com/forgotten-vikings.html

Alex' First Book Riddles of the Isle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riddles-Isle-History-Axholme-Normans/dp/1739191641

Find Alex here:

https://x.com/AlexHarvv on X (a.k.a. Twitter)

https://bsky.app/profile/alexharvv.bsky.social

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/alex-harvey.html

More from Alex:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/how-a-new-book-by-a-yorkshire-archeologist-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-forgotten-vikings-4898331

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/about/news/news2024/epartment-alumnus-vikings-book2/

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing... Henry VI with Lauren Johnson

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:49:21 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

On the 6th December 1421 a baby boy is born in Windsor Castle…his parents are Catherine of Valois and Henry V ..this boy would be a crowned king of England as well a crowned king of France, the only one to ever achieve this honour. Sadly, he would come to lose both his crowns and his life.

Henry VI, as he became, is often blamed to be the cause of the Wars of the Roses that rattled England in the middle of the 15th century.

The historian Lauren Johnson takes a more sympathetic approach.

Let’s talk to her about her book on Henry, called The Shadow King;

published by Head of Zeus (UK) and Pegasus (USA).

Get The Shadow King:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-king-9781784979645/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-shadow-king-9781643131283-hardcover (USA)

Get Lauren's Other Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/lauren-johnson/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/authors/lauren-johnson (USA)

Lauren's Fiction:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Arrow-of-Sherwood-Hardback/p/4101/aid/1238

Find Lauren:

http://lauren-johnson.com/index.html

Lauren on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796295.Lauren_Johnson

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Women of the Anarchy with Sharon Bennett Connolly

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:47:30 GMT

This time we talk to the historian Sharon Bennett Connolly, who's back on the podcast to talk about her new book Women of the Anarchy released by Amberley Publishing.

Let's talk about all the Matildas that were involved in the conflict, following the White Ship Disaster in 1120; let's talk about all the Henrys and just one King Stephen, because one was enough...

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Women of the Anarchy :

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Heroines of the Medieval World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Pre-Order Sharon's New Book

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Monarchy Stuarts to Windsors: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Reinventing... Charles I: The Young Prince with Mark Turnbull

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:39:41 GMT

On the 19th November in the year 1600,

a boy was born in Scotland at Dunfermline Palace - he was the second son and the third child of the King of Scotland, James VI.

Few could have predicted he would one day be king, not just of Scotland, but also of England and Ireland. No one could have foretold this boy would die on the scaffold for treason…

This boy was of course, Charles James Stuart, who would become Charles I.

Let’s turn back the clock and find out more about Charles’ upbringing and what events and traumas from his childhood influenced his future decisions…

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

Welcome, Mark!

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Firebrand (a.k.a. Queen's Gambit) with Elizabeth Fremantle

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:35:31 GMT

It is our absolute pleasure to introduce today’s guest, Elizabeth Fremantle, and we’ll be talking about her novel Queen’s Gambit, which has recently been made into a film Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr and Jude Law as Henry VIII.

(The novel has been updated under the new name as well.)

Please welcome, Elizabeth!

Find Firebrand (a.k.a Queen's Gambit) Book:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/188185/queens-gambit-by-fremantle-elizabeth/9781405909389 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Firebrand/Elizabeth-Fremantle/9781668005361 (USA)

Find Elizabeth's Books:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/search-results?tab=books&q=Elizabeth-Fremantle&x9=author&q9=Elizabeth-Fremantle (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/search/books/_/N-/Ntt-fremantle (USA)

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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The Battle of Flodden Field with Callum Watson

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 07:38:54 GMT

Today we bring to you our interview with Callum Watson, and we’ll be discussing the Battle of Flodden Field, wherein the Scottish King James IV was massively defeated by the English army which is ironic since the King of England Henry VIII was in France fighting the French. What’s even more ironic, is the fact that the Scottish King was married to Henry’s sister Margaret, from whom our King Charles III is descended.

Let’s travel back to 1513 and and demystify this conflict, welcome back, Callum!

Callum Watson is an author and historian. He works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn, and has recently published a book on the Battle of Bannockburn with Pen & Sword.

He also contributed to the Channel 5 documentary ‘Britain’s Lost Battlefields’, AND Callum also has worked as a historical advisor on the ‘Outlaw King’ film for Netflix.

Callum's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

The Battle of Flodden Field:

http://www.flodden.org.uk/

If you're planning a trip to London, join Natalie on her Walking Tours with Reign of London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

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Reinventing...Henry III with Matthew Lewis

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 19:09:47 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

On the 16th November 1272 Henry III died after a 56 year reign.

His rule spanned the better part of the 13th century, and took England

from the disaster that was King John to the conquering macho that was Edward I.

Neatly sandwiched in between these two vastly different kingships is Henry III,

the man who gave us Westminster Abbey , peace with France and Scotland;

and Parliament, as a regular place of meetings for government officials.

Henry may not have the best posthumous PR, but we’re here to fix that.

Please welcome to the podcast Matthew Lewis, historian, author and podcaster.

Matthew's Henry III Book:

https://www.amberley-books.com/henry-iii-9781445686530.html

Get Matthew's Other Books:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-survival-of-the-princes-in-the-tower/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stephen-and-Matildas-Civil-War-Hardback/p/16734/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Rebellion-in-the-Middle-Ages-Hardback/p/20243/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Richard-III-Paperback/p/15933/aid/1238

https://www.historyhit.com/author/mattlewis/

https://www.facebook.com/MattLewisAuthor/

https://www.mattlewisauthor.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her Reign of London walking tours, please follow the links:

Royal London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355

Naughty London:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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True Murder History Club with Steven Veerapen

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:41:59 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Today we present to you our chat with historian and author Steven Veerapen, and we talk about several murders set at the courts of Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James VI and I.

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Eagle and The Hart with Helen Castor

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:34:11 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

It is my absolute pleasure to announce today’s guest - please welcome Helen Castor to the pod, and we talk about her new book The Eagle and the Hart - the Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV.

Who were these kings? Who was Richard II and Henry IV? Let's see what was their story beyond what Shakespeare told us.

Why were their lives so intertwined? Did birthright matter in the end?

Get Helen's New Book:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/314989/the-eagle-and-the-hart-by-castor-helen/9780241419328 (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Eagle-and-the-Hart/Helen-Castor/9781982139209 (USA)

Get Helen's Other Books:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/280827/elizabeth-i-penguin-monarchs-by-helen-castor/9780141989945

https://www.faber.co.uk/author/helen-castor/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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The Gunpowder Plot: Terror in Shakespeare's England with James Travers

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:02:12 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today is Guy Fawkes Night, a.k.a. Bonfire Night…

Let’s talk about the history of it with James Travers, who has published three books on the topic. His last book, published with Amberley in 2019, also makes evident the connections of the Gunpowder Plot to Shakespeare..let’s dive in!

Find James' Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-gunpowder-plot.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/t/community-james-travers.html

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Scary History: Dark Valentines with Chris Wood

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:44:52 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

We continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Today we have a short bonus episode for you and our guest is Chris Wood, the author of two spooky books - Final Last Words and Death in the Theatre., published by Pen & Sword.

He will be telling us about some of the gruesome couples he read about in his research - til death them do part indeed, sometimes literally.

Find Chris' Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Death-in-the-Theatre-Hardback/p/23295/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Famous-Last-Words-Confessions-Humour-and-Bravery-of-the-Departing-Paperback/p/18951/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Scary History: A History of Death in 17th Century England with Ben Norman

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:56:34 GMT

Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Please welcome back to the podcast, Ben Norman, who this time will be talking about his Pen & Sword book - A History of Death in the 17th Century England.

How did you die in the 1600's? Would it be any different than dying today? Let's find out...

Pre-order Ben's New Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-17th-Century-Knight-Hardback/p/51496/aid/1238

See Ben's Books here:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/James-Is-Tumultuous-First-Year-as-King-Hardback/p/24327/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Death-in-17th-Century-England-Paperback/p/18009/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/pomp-and-piety.html

Please find more books on the Stuarts: