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  • 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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    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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  • 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, 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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  • 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, 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 .


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  • 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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    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 .


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  • 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.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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  • 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/


    Find Baroque:

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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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  • 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://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 .


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  • 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/


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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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  • 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:

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    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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  • 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.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival/


    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


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    Support Baroque:

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

    https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque


    Join Natalie on her Stuart London walking tour:

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

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  • 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/


    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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  • 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. 


    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/


    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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