This is still Shakespeare Week, and today we present our latest episode celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Next up, we have Carol Ann Lloyd, an author of several books on the Tudors, and she’s also a researcher at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

On this episode, Carol Ann and Natalie are exploring Shakespeare's Sassy Leading Ladies, and just how much agency they had over their lives..

Find Carol Ann:

https://www.carolannlloyd.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shakeuphistory/

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

https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/experts/carol-ann-lloyd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolannlloyd/

https://linktr.ee/carolannlloyd

Get Carol Ann's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Tudors-by-Numbers-Hardback/p/23448/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Courting-the-Virgin-Queen-Hardback/p/50586/aid/1238

Join Natalie on her Naughty London Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

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This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Next up, we have Ramie Targoff and we’ll be talking about her latest book Shakespeare’s Sisters which celebrates the lives of William’s near contemporaries - the ladies who wrote. Anne Clifford, Aemilia Lanyer, Mary Sidney and Elizabeth Cary - let’s hear more about these, these women who wrote the Renaissance.

Published by Riverrun / Quercus.

Get Shakespeare's Sisters:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ramie-targoff/shakespeares-sisters/9781529404890/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/shakespeares-sisters/ramie-targoff/9781529404913 (UK - paperback)

https://shop.shakespeare.org.uk/products/shakespeare-s-sisters-four-women-who-wrote-the-renaissance-by-ramie-targoff-signed-by-the-author (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/618090/shakespeares-sisters-by-ramie-targoff/ (USA)

Find Ramie:

https://ramietargoff.com/about

Ramie's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/ramie-targoff/469902

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

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

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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This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed.

Today our guest is Matt Pinches, the co-founder of Guildford Shakespeare Company. 

And we’ll be talking about The Comedy of Errors, the play that the company is putting on a bit later in the year… 

Find GSC:

https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/

https://www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/2025-programme/

https://www.instagram.com/guildfordshakespeare/

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

Get Tickets for The Comedy of Errors:

https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/the-comedy-of-errors

https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/a-company-of-rascals

Welcome to Our Table:

https://guildfordshakespeare.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173661433

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

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

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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Today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, as well as his potential birthday.

We’re here to honour this great playwright and poet with a mini season of episodes, all to do with him.

First up, is Darren Freebury-Jones with his latest book - SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS - published by Manchester University Press, it’s all about William’s writing process and which authors and friends he was influenced by.

Words, words, words, indeed....

Find Darren:

https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/

https://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/guests/darren-feebury-jones/

https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/34306

https://www.instagram.com/freeburian/

Borrowed Feathers:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-borrowed-feathers-playwrights-greatest/dp/1526177323 (USA)

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

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

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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Royal Love Stories Told Wrong: Cupid Painted Blind 

On this episode we’re looking at the royal love stories which are different from how they’re usually told.

To help sort out fact from fiction, we have great historians with us today.

The couples we’ll be talking about include: 

• Isabella of France & Edward II of England (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
• Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII..also of England (Amy McElroy)
• Anna of Cleves & also Henry VIII (Heather R Darsie)
• Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katharine of Aragon and Her Spanish Family:

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

Heather's book on 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

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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On the 19th April 1824 at the age of 36, George Gordon Byron, the 6th Baron died in Greece.

Today we sit down and talk to Emily Brand, a Georgian historian and the biographer of the Byron family.

We’ll be discussing her book The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England released by John Murray Press (Hachette UK).

Welcome, Emily! 

The Fall of the House of Byron:

https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/emily-brand/the-fall-of-the-house-of-byron/9781473664326/

Signed Copy:

https://www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page/the-fall-of-the-house-of-byron-pb-with-signed-bookplate

Find Emily:

https://www.emilybrand.co.uk/

https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/emilybrand

https://greatbritishspeakers.co.uk/talents/emily-brand-speaker/

Get Emily's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/emily-brand/12381

Georgian London Walking Tours:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-from-tudors-stuarts-to-windsors-walking-tour-t481355/

Find Natalie:

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://linktr.ee/IfItAintBaroquePodcast

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Please welcome Darren Baker back on the podcast, and we’re going to talk about his latest book - The Confessions and Chronicle of Lord Edward, meaning we’re going to be digging up dirt on the young future Edward I, also known as Longshanks.

Darren's Books:

Henry III, his brother, his sister and his wife

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.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

Edward I

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

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden where in 1746 the British Army defeated the  Jacobites, the supporters of the House of Stuart. It’s considered to be the last civil war fought on British soil.

Let’s welcome Dr Callum Watson back on the show.

Callum works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently released a book on the topic with Pen & Sword Publishing.

Callum's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1314-The-Year-of-Bannockburn-Hardback/p/49813/aid/1238

Find Callum:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiesDZuBN1Z0SE3Vq3Gjz_A

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/cpwatson1375/

The Battle of Bannockburn - National Trust for Scotland:

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/bannockburn/

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12270298/

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell

London Walking Tours:

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://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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We Found Love Right Where We Are: Arranged Love Blossoming

On this episode we’re looking at the Royal Couples, who were brought together by an arranged marriage. Despite this, they found love and comfort in the union. We have great historians with us today. Darren Baker, Sharon Bennett Connolly and Heather R Darsie.

The couples in question saluted today will include:

• Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence (Darren Baker)
• Henry IV of England and Mary de Bohun (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
• John II of Castile or Juan de Castilla the Second & Isabel of Portugal (Heather R Darsie)
• Johann Friedrich I Elector of Saxony & Sybilla von der Marck

Darren's Books:

Henry III, his brother, his sister and his wife

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.amberley-books.com/richard-of-cornwall.html

Edward I

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 Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/

Sharon's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katharine of Aragon and Her Spanish Family:

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

Heather's book on 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

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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

Naughty London: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

and a new one on British Monarchy:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/british-monarchy-walking-tour-saxons-to-windsors-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Please welcome Dan E Parkes back to the podcast, the author of Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing. He also has a Youtube channel called Captain Titanic where he searches for the truth about this great ship.

Today is the anniversary of the ship’s sinking, so we’ll be busting a lot of myths about Titanic’s maiden voyage and her sinking.

Welcome back, Dan!

A great thank you to Dan for joining us today. 

This is the first out of two episodes for Myth-taken Ship. Please turn your search lights on for the next one, sailing soon.

Please find Dan's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/titanic-legacy.html

Find Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/parkesproductions/

https://titanicofficers.com/

https://linktr.ee/captaintitanic

https://www.williammurdoch.net/

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her London Walking Tours, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

A walking tour dedicated to the story of RMS Titanic is in the works.

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

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