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Queens of England Podcast
Too often when we think about the history of a country we think only of kings, lords, castles, and battles. When we think of queens we think of rulers like Elizabeth I and Victoria, but what about the queens who sat beside their warrior husbands? This podcast is an alternative history of Medieval a
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The First First Ladies of Rome
The first episode of my new show, The Other Half. If...
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Feb 7 2018 29m
68 - Seasons Two and Three Wrap-Up: The Tudor and Stuart Queens
We round up the Tudor and Stuart Queens, and see how...
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Jan 21 2018 26m
Introducing The Other Half
In 2018, I have a new show for you! See acast.com/pr...
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Dec 25 2017 6m
67 - Mary of Modena (3): The Queen over the Water
In the face of invasion, Mary fled with her son to F...
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Dec 17 2017 35m
66 - Mary of Modena (2): The Warming-Pan Baby
In June 1688, Mary gave birth to a son. Or did she?E...
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Dec 10 2017 27m
65 - Mary of Modena (1): The Always Expecting Duchess
A Catholic wife of a Catholic king in a virulently P...
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Dec 3 2017 38m
64 - Catherine of Braganza (2): Fire, Treason and Plot
MERCH! - Click here to check it all out!She had had ...
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Nov 19 2017 40m
63 - Catherine of Braganza (1): The Cuckqueen of the Merry Monarch
As a daughter of England's oldest ally, Catherine ca...
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Nov 12 2017 36m
Supplemental - The Queen's Cookbook
There are many ways to defend someone during a crisi...
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Nov 5 2017 26m
62 - Henrietta Maria of France (4): Regicide and Restoration
Not long after Henrietta arrived in France, the Roya...
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Oct 29 2017 39m
61 - Henrietta Maria of France (3): The She-Majesty Generalissima
As Civil War swept across Charles's three kingdoms, ...
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Oct 22 2017 36m
60 - Henrietta Maria of France (2): The Happiest and Most Fortunate of Queens
When she looked back over her life, Henrietta recogn...
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Oct 15 2017 38m
59 - Henrietta Maria of France (1): A Catholic on the Throne
With violence setting in on the Continent, England s...
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Oct 8 2017 33m
58 - Anne of Denmark (2): England's First Stewart Queen
After coming down south of the wall, Anne had a lot ...
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Sep 30 2017 32m
57 - Anne of Denmark (1): A Storm Tossed Lover
Coming from the famed at Elsinore, Anne was greeted ...
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Sep 24 2017 36m
Supplemental - Elizabeth's Suitors (3): The Valois Princes
As relations with the Habsburgs soured, Elizabeth an...
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Sep 3 2017 40m
Supplemental - Elizabeth's Suitors (2): Sweden and the Habsburgs
Terrified of leaving England without an heir, Elizab...
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Aug 27 2017 27m
Supplemental - Elizabeth's Suitors (1): Dudley and Devereux
Elizabeth I is known to history as the Virgin Queen,...
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Aug 19 2017 37m
Supplemental - Philip of Spain: Husband of the Queen, King of England
With the coming to the throne of Mary I, England had...
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Aug 12 2017 41m
Chat: The Six Wives with Elizabeth Norton
I chat with Elizabeth Norton, historian and author o...
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Aug 6 2017 1h 2m
56 - Katherine Parr (4): The Lady of Sudeley
Katherine had survived the conservative plot against...
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Jul 30 2017 45m
55 - Katherine Parr (3): The Wife of Moses
The first Queen of England to have a book published ...
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Jul 16 2017 38m
54 - Katherine Parr (2): The Reluctant Queen
Katherine Parr was far from unprecedented in becomin...
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Jul 8 2017 32m
53 - Katherine Parr (1): Better His Mistress Than His Wife
Henry's final and most reluctant wife, Katherine Par...
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Jul 2 2017 37m
52 - Katherine Howard (3): A Headless Howard
As the noose tightened around Katherine, Dereham, Cu...
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Jun 18 2017 39m