Welcome to Historical Frictions, a historical fiction podcast, where we delving into the nitty-gritty of history, fiction, and everything in between, hosted by Hilary, Tess, and Lachlan.

This week we have a very special guest, Dr Stephanie Russo. Stephanie is Senior Lecturer in the English Department at Macquarie University (and Hilary's supervisor), who researches all things historical fiction and, in particular, the representation of royal queens. Tess and Hilary sit down with Stephanie for a chat about everyone's favourite historical royal Anne Boleyn as Stephanie's latest book, The Afterlife of Anne Boleyn: Representations of Anne Boleyn in Fiction and on the Screen, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. We also chat about the most recent TV adaptation covering Henry VIII's queens, The Spanish Princess, which shows us the life of Katherine of Aragon, before Anne Boleyn came along and interrupted everything. 

You can buy Stephanie's Book here 

Find Steph on Twitter here

Her recommendations in the podcast also include: 

Jean Plaidy, Murder Most Royal (1949) 

Hannah Chaplin, The Dead Queens Club (2019) 

Maggie O'Farrell, Hamlet (2020) - Hilary plans to do this in a future episode! 

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Tess, Lachlan, and Hilary would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land they live and work: Kaurna Country (Adelaide Plains) and the Gadigal of the Eora Nation (Sydney), and pay our respects to the Elders both past and present.