Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.  

Please welcome to the podcast, the Stuart Anderson Harris, who has a very popular YouTube channel which focusses on Manchester's Haunted Past...

Find Stuart:

https://www.youtube.com/@StuartAndersonHarris

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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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we start a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.  

Please welcome to the podcast, the author Erin Fetterly, a.k.a. The Canadian Londoner, and she’ll be telling us stories from her new book Women Who Kill - a History of Britain’s Most Dangerous Women. 

Find Women Who Kill:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Women-Who-Kill-A-History-of-Britains-Most-Dangerous-Women-Hardback/p/50912/aid/1238

Find and Follow Erin:

https://www.instagram.com/thecanadianlondoner/

https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/individual-scholar-page/?pdb=194550

https://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/balancing-a-phd-and-a-publishing-deal-the-birkbeck-way

https://www.waterstones.com/book/women-who-kill/erin-fetterly/9781399047708

Find Baroque:

https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://www.instagram.com/natalieisahistorybuff/

https://www.tiktok.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

https://x.com/BaroquePodcast

https://www.tiktok.com/@reignoflondon

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

https://www.threads.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 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/ .

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Our great friend Chris Riley is back, this time to tell us all about the Battle of Agincourt of 1415,

the one Shakespeare made famous with speeches like ‘Once More unto the Breech, dear friends, once more’ and ‘we few, we happy few, we band of brothers’...

Welcome back, Chris!

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG

Our favourite books on The The Battle of Agincourt:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/henry-v-9781804541937/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/agincourt-9781472855206/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/393103/1415-henry-vs-year-of-glory-by-ian-mortimer/9781845950972

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Agincourt-Myth-and-Reality-1415-2015-Hardback/p/6241/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in 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/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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Heather R Darsie is back on the podcast, this time with her brand new book

Stuart Spouses: A Compendium of Consorts from James I of Scotland to Queen Anne of Great Britain, published by Pen & Sword.

Who were the Consorts, supporting Scottish monarchs, from 15th to 18th century?

Why did Mary Queen of Scots have three of them?

Who was Mary of Guelders and why does this duchy keep coming up when studying early modern European history?

Did George of Denmark have a prominent role? Let's dive in...

Buy Heather's new 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 Katharine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

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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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Today we present to you our interview with Richard Wallace, who has recently written a book for The History Press , titled ‘The King’s Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History', 

What did Edward VIII inherit when his father died?

Why was Queen Mary called a Royal Magpie?

How did Queen Victoria change the history of Royal Jewellery forever?

And what did Wallis Simpson have to do with any of it?

Let’s dive in.

Find Richard's Book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-kings-loot/

Baroque... Blog:

https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/post/that-woman-the-life-of-wallis-simpson-duchess-of-windsor-by-anne-sebba

London Walking Tour:

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

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Andrea Zuvich a.k.a. The 17th Century Lady is back on the podcast, and today we’re discussing her latest book - Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II’s Most Infamous Mistress. And what a life! 

Welcome back, Andrea!

Barbara Villiers is known for being a mistress to Charles II, and a cousin to George, the Second Duke of Buckingham. Did you know she may have had a child with John, the First Duke of Marlborough? (That's an ancestor to both Lady Diana and Winston Churchill)

Let's delve deep into her life story, and untangle the web of lovers, royalty, and the general Stuart calamities...

Please join the #KeepItStuart movement in helping us to bring spotlight onto this oft-forgotten dynasty, The Stuarts, who ruled Britain in the 17th century, after ruling Scotland for the previous three.

Let's celebrate #StuartSaturday, which is today!

Get Ravenous:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Ravenous-A-Life-of-Barbara-Villiers-Charles-IIs-Most-Infamous-Mistress-Hardback/p/50814/aid/1238

Barbara's Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76Ernb5886hsmGQwFL7Rpi

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/12bbaFVQcGGND7pzFRROGp

Andrea's Books:

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

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

To book a walking tour with Natalie and talk more about the Stuarts and London spots associated with them, please visit

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

#NaughtyLondon

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Chris Riley is back on the podcast, with a four-part mini series on the Norman Conquest and the year 1066. 

This is the final one.

And today we’ll be talking about the Legacy of the year 1066 and the Battle of Hastings. Why does it matter, almost a thousand years later, that the Saxons were defeated by the Normans? What did William do after becoming king of England? How did the landscape change? Did it have any effect on the population at large? Let’s find out…

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG

Our favourite books on The Norman Conquest:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/405905/the-norman-conquest-by-marc-morris/9780099537441

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/sharon-bennett-connolly/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/last-viking-9781472846501/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Landscapes-of-the-Norman-Conquest-Hardback/p/21702/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in 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/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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The historian Chris Riley, is back on the podcast, to talk about all things 1066: The Norman Conquest.

This is the third of these episodes, and today we’re talking about the Battle of Hastings itself, the anniversary of which is today!

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG

Our favourite books on The Norman Conquest:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/405905/the-norman-conquest-by-marc-morris/9780099537441

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/sharon-bennett-connolly/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/last-viking-9781472846501/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Landscapes-of-the-Norman-Conquest-Hardback/p/21702/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in 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/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Let me introduce today’s guest Michèle Schindler, and we’ll be talking about a forgotten matriarch from the Wars fo the Roses - Alice Chaucer, who was Geoffrey Chaucer’s grandchild.

Get Michèle's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/what-is-better-than-a-good-woman.html

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

If you would like to join Natalie on her Reign of London walking tours, 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/

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The historian Chris Riley, is back on the podcast, to talk about all things 1066: The Norman Conquest.

This is the second of these episodes, and today we’re talking about the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the anniversary of which is today!

Why was this a fight few remember, instead always focussing on the Battle of Hastings? Why was Stamford Bridge important?

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG and linktr.ee/pastandpresentmedia

If you would like to become a member of The Historians Magazine, please see https://thehistoriansmagazine.com/ .

Our favourite books on The Norman Conquest:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/405905/the-norman-conquest-by-marc-morris/9780099537441

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/sharon-bennett-connolly/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/last-viking-9781472846501/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Landscapes-of-the-Norman-Conquest-Hardback/p/21702/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in 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/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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