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

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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

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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/

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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/

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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

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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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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

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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:

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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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)

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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:

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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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

Find Claire:

https://www.instagram.com/restoration.hat/

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

https://x.com/RestorationHat

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565179499904

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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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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/

Get Women in the Viking Age:

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

Read Judith:

https://boydellandbrewer.com/?s=judith+jesch

Find Judith:

https://oldnorse.org/portfolio/viking-warrior-women-judith-jesch-an-expert-in-viking-studies-examines-the-latest-evidence/

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

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

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours 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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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)

Find Jonathan:

https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jonathan-healey

https://www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/team/jonathan-healey/

https://x.com/SocialHistoryOx

https://thesocialhistorian.wordpress.com/about/

https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhealey1647/

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

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2230076/jonathan-healey/

Find Baroque:

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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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