Please welcome to the podcast Dr Brooke Newman, and today we're talking about her latest ground-breaking book The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarch, published by Mariner Books (USA) and Mudlark (UK).

Welcome, Brooke!

Get Crown's Silence:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-crowns-silence-brooke-n-newman/1147885987 (USA)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/9780008670955 (UK)

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https://www.brookennewman.com/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=150

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https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300240979/a-dark-inheritance/

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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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On the 18th February in the year of our Lord 1516, a girl was born at Greenwich Palace to the happy parents Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon.

This girl would grow up to be the future Mary I of England, elder sister to both Edward VI and Elizabeth I, as well as wife to Philip II of Spain.

In her short 42 year life, she achieved many first, not least of all to be the first Crowned Queen of England in her own right.

Posthumously, she was undeservedly given the moniker of 'Bloody Mary', as well as getting confused with Mary Queen of Scots.

Today we talk to Dr Johanna Strong, who will set the record straight once and for all. Who was Mary, what did she achieve and how we should remember her.

Welcome, Jo!

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https://drjohannastrong.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/_johanna.strong_/?hl=en

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https://winchester.academia.edu/JohannaStrong

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johanna-Strong

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https://drjohannastrong.ca/recent-publications/

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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 Mark Goldthorp, who played Henry VIII in the recent production of Anne Boleyn: The Musical at Hever Castle, produced by Historalia.

Let's find out what it was like to step into the shoes of this infamous monarch and why this musical is so unique...

Welcome, Mark!

Find Mark:

https://mamma-mia.com/uk-and-international-tour/cast/mark-goldthrop

https://www.instagram.com/markgoldthorp/

Find the Musical:

https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynthemusical/

Find Rebecca Night:

https://www.instagram.com/rebeccanighthp/

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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 Fawn Brokaw Doyle, author of a historical fiction novel Salt People of the Cloud Houses, which traces her eight times great grandmother Sarah Rapalje, who was the first European child born in the area we now call New York...

Welcome, Fawn!

Get Salt People of the Cloud Houses:

https://books.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/

Get Prequel:

https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/free-prequel

Find Fawn:

https://www.instagram.com/fawnbrokawdoyle_author/

https://jonathancrain.substack.com/p/from-family-tree-to-historical-fiction

https://www.fawnbrokawdoyle.com/

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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 historian Carol Chillington Rutter to the show, and today we're talking about the life and times of Henry Wotton, a Tudor and Jacobean Italian ambassador who helped prevent a pan-European war. Who was he? Let's find out more...

Welcome, Carol!

Carol's books are published with Manchester University Press.

A great thank you to Carol for joining us today, and if you would like to see Carol at this year's Oxford Literary Festival, the bookings are open, please see link in the description below for Carol's chat with Clare Jackson on Henry Wotton and James VI & I.

Get Lying Abroad:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526172068/

Get Shakespeare in Performance: Antony and Cleopatra:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194701/

Get Shakespeare in Performance: The Henry VI Plays:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719080937/

See Carol at Oxford Literary Festival 2026:

https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2026/march-24/history-makers-james-vi-and-i-and-henry-wotton

Find Carol:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/rutterprofcarol/

https://thevineyagency.com/carol-chillington-rutter/

https://theorg.com/org/shakespeare-birthplace-trust/org-chart/carol-chillington-rutter

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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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On the 30th January in the year of our Lord 1649,

the King of England, Scotland and Ireland - Charles I - was led to his execution.

Let's find out more about the days leading up to his death and whether it could have been stopped.

With us today we have author and historian Mark Turnbull.

He has published Charles I's Private Life with Pen & Sword.

Welcome back, Mark!

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

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https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

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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 Adam Pennington, who has written a book about The House of Pole, Henry VIII's cousins.

Published by Pen & Sword.

At the centre we have the matriarch Margaret Pole, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, the infamous victim of Malmsey wine.

Her son Reginald would go on to be the greatest supporter of Mary I, and Margaret's grand-daughter Dorothy would become a friend of Elizabeth I. You might say they were poles apart...

Let's find out more.

Welcome, Adam!

Get House of Pole:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Henry-VIII-and-the-Plantagenet-Poles-Hardback/p/50816/aid/1238

Catch Adam this weekend at the Katharine of Aragon Festival:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral/the-exeter-conspiracy-henry-viii-s-destruction-of-his-own-family-with-adam-pennington/2026-01-29/18:45/t-jxkllep

Katharine of Aragon Festival 2026:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_26/

Find Adam:

https://www.instagram.com/thetudorchest

https://x.com/TheTudorChest

https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-q-and-a-with-adam-pennington

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7MO9CM5T2k

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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 back historian Susan Abernethy to the show, and today we're talking about the backbone of the medieval Burgundian court, in short, its most formidable women.

This is an intro to this world, there is so much to explore!

Where is Burgundy? How was the Burgundian court and the Tudors connected? What language did they speak and when did this duchy lose its independence?

Susan has just written a book on this topic, published by Pen & Sword.

Tune in and find out more...

Get Ladies of Medieval Burgundian Court:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Formidable-Women-who-Shaped-Medieval-Europe-Hardback/p/56701/aid/1238

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

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https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/author/thefreelancehistorywriter/

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https://bsky.app/profile/susanabernethy2.bsky.social

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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 curator Louise Macfarlane at Royal Museums Greenwich!

Uncover Cutty Sark's secrets: Did she always carry tea? Was there ever a murder aboard the ship? How did the museum deal with the devastating fire in 2007?

Tune in and climb aboard!

Read Cutty Sark:

https://shop.rmg.co.uk/products/the-cutty-sark-pocket-manual

Cutty Sark Mementoes:

https://shop.rmg.co.uk/search?page=1&q=cutty+sark

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark

https://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark/top-things-to-do

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/

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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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Did you know that Vikings did raids on the Baltics? What did it mean 'to go viking'?

Tune in and get a glimpse of the much expanded world of vikings, thanks to Alex Harvey's latest research.

The paperback of his best-selling book The Forgotten Vikings is out now, published by Amberley.

Get Forgotten Vikings:

https://www.amberley-books.com/forgotten-vikings.html

Get Little Kingdoms:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542

Alex' First Book Riddles of the Isle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riddles-Isle-History-Axholme-Normans/dp/1739191641

Find Alex here:

https://x.com/AlexHarvv

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

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/alex-harvey.html

More from Alex:

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/how-a-new-book-by-a-yorkshire-archeologist-lifts-the-lid-on-britains-forgotten-vikings-4898331

https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/about/news/news2024/epartment-alumnus-vikings-book2/

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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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