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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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 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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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 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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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

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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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 .

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

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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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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 .

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

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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 .

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

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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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