Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.

Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble in Paradise...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t have a happy ending. Their Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date.

Please welcome Sharon Bennett Connolly, Heather R Darsie and Amy McElroy back on the podcast as we learn more about the couples today.

Sharon gives us a teaser on the Henry IV of England/ Mary Bohun relationship that we will cover in the future episode... But for what it's worth, Henry and Mary's love story did end tragically...

On this episode, we’ll talking about:

• Enguerrand de Coucy and Isabella of England (Sharon Bennett Connolly)
• Philip the Handsome of Burgundy and Juana of Castile (Heather R Darsie)
• And Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon (Amy McElroy)

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

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:

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/

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

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 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a little boy was born. Few could have predicted the impact his work would have on the world.  His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

As a special treat in honour of Mr Brunel’s birthday, today I talk to Rob Bell, an engineer, podcaster and TV presenter. You may recognise him from Channel 5 documentaries on Britain’s Bridges, Ships, Lighthouses, Lost Battlefields and Railways and many more.

We’re going to discuss some of the founding fathers and mothers of Victorian Engineering... in other words, how it all began…

Rob's Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1MEsNELZRQ1bCfNHI50r6J

Rob's Documentaries:

Brunel: The Man Who Built Britain:

https://www.channel5.com/show/brunel-the-man-who-built-britain (UK)

Britain's Greatest Ships:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Greatest-Ships/dp/B084GLBRR8/ (UK)

Building the Impossible (Lighthouses):

https://www.channel5.com/show/building-the-impossible (UK)

London's Greatest Bridges:

https://www.channel5.com/show/london-s-greatest-bridges (UK)

Britain's Greatest Bridges:

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-greatest-bridges (UK)

Britain's Lost Battlefields:

https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell/season-1/britain-s-lost-battlefields-with-rob-bell (UK)

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Britains-Lost-Battlefields/0IP4Y3DYQZ29KZ9XXJEFZ92UXX (USA)

If you would like to join Natalie on her Royal London Walking Tour, please see:

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

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

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Join us as we explore the love stories of the past.

Swiped Left: Strange Royal Bedfellows...

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t take to each other and thus the union weren’t ultimately successful.

Sharon Bennett Connolly kicks us off with the story of Philip II of France and Ingeborg of Denmark, and we’ll continue with 

• Henry III of Navarre/  IV of France & Marguerite de Valois (Mark Turnbull)
• George I of Great Britain & Sophia Dorothea of Celle (Catherine Curzon)
• Christian VII of Denmark & Norway & Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
• George IV of Great Britain & Caroline of Brunswick

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

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 New Book

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

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

Get Mark's Book:

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

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/1642author/

www.1642author.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cavaliercast-the-civil-war-in-words/id1521758820

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

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 John Matthews to the show.

And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth.

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

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/

Find Natalie:

https://ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://linktr.ee/IfItAintBaroquePodcast

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Welcome to our Romance Royale series.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the King’s many grannies. The royal couplings that had to happen to further the family tree. 

We’re looking at five such couples today, 

James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort,

Owain Tudor and Catherine of Valois,

Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort,

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York,

And of course,

James VI/I and Anna of Denmark.

Let’s welcome our experts Callum Watson, Nathen Amin and Mark Turnbull.

Callum's Books:

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

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-37767-0

Find Callum:

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

https://drcallumwatson.blogspot.com/

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

Find Nathen:

https://substack.com/@nathenamin

https://www.instagram.com/nathenamin/

Get Son of Prophecy:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin/the-son-of-prophecy.html

Get Nathen's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/nathen-amin.html

Get Mark's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

https://www.instagram.com/1642author/

www.1642author.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cavaliercast-the-civil-war-in-words/id1521758820

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

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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Many people know the Hundred Years’ War, and almost everyone in the English speaking world has heard of the Battle of Agincourt, but not many would be familiar with the The Battle of Baugé which was fought on the 22nd March 1421 between the English and the Franco-Scottish forces in the territory of Baugé in France.

Let’s ask Callum Watson more about this conflict. 

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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Welcome to season SEVEN of our podcast!

Everybody knows Shakespeare. 

However, perhaps not as well known to most is that beneath the surface, much of Shakespeare’s work surrounds ideas of gender and queerness. 

Many of the plays are concerned with cross-dressing, gender fluidity, and same-sex friendships that many scholars have interpreted to be much more. 

Drawing inspiration from homoerotic writers and subject matter of the time, We can assume that Shakespeare knew his audience were sexually diverse. 

The question remains, was he or wasn’t he? The answer is more complicated than you think.

Today we welcome, Will Tosh, head of research at Shakespeare’s Globe, London. 

Will is a scholar of early modern literature and culture, a dramaturg for Renaissance classics and new plays and an historical adviser for television and radio.

He is here to talk about his latest book, STRAIGHT ACTING: THE MANY QUEER LIVES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, released by Sceptre Publishing.

And let me introduce our new guest host, Neil Cameron.

A RADA trained actor, Neil is no stranger to Shakespeare.

His stage credits include Hamlet in Hamlet, and more recently featured in Macbeth at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Find Will:

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/bio/dr-will-tosh/

Will & Will:

https://shop.shakespearesglobe.com/blogs/books-of-the-globe/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare-by-will-tosh-book-review

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/straight-acting-will-tosh-review

https://literaryreview.co.uk/in-search-of-the-fair-youth

https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/15762/will-tosh-interview-straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare

Find Straight Acting:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/will-tosh/straight-acting/9781529390490/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/straight-acting/will-tosh/9781529390476 (UK)

https://shop.shakespearesglobe.com/products/straight-acting (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Acting-Hidden-William-Shakespeare/dp/1541602676 (USA)

https://www.hachette.com.au/will-tosh/straight-acting-the-many-queer-lives-of-william-shakespeare (AUS)

https://www.hachette.co.nz/book/?id=straight-acting-9781529390483 (NZ)

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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On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples that truly fit the trope of Friends to Lovers.

The title of the episode is Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand, meaning our couples today knew each other of old and had to get married for practical reasons, but they grew to love each other with time.  

On the Royal Menu today we have:

The Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Edward, the Black Prince (elder son of Edward III), as well as Anne Neville & Richard III.

To help us understand these couples better, we've enlisted Sharon Bennett Connolly.

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

Women of the Norman Conquest:

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

Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon:

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

Women of the Anarchy by Sharon:

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

Heroines of the Tudor World :

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

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

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

More Books by Sharon:

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

Sharon's Website:

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

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

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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Please welcome James Tejani on the show.

We’re talking about his book A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth:

The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.

Published last year with WW Norton and Company.

Let’s find out more about the San Pedro Bay and how it transformed into one of the most imPORTant locations in the world. Pun intended.

What was the significance of this spot, why was it chosen, how did it develop? Which of America's famous sons were behind it? 

By the end of the episode we’ll also find out if Edward Ord, a pivotal character in this book, was a grandson of Prince Regent, i.e. George IV. 

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…

Welcome, James! 

Find James:

https://jamestejani.com/

Get James' Book:

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093558

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-james-tejani/1144065520

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making-of-the-port-of-los-angeles-and-america-james-tejani/20615589?ean=9781324093565&digital=t

https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making/id6467292818 (USA)

http://bit.ly/41NSVaE (UK)

Get Catherine's Books on the Georgians:

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tour Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-from-tudors-stuarts-to-windsors-walking-tour-t481355/?ranking_uuid=b140b9f7-5b9a-4f24-a398-43be9b622724

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Welcome to our Royal Romance season.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together. 

The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise. 

We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,

George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,

And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale & Empress Alexandra.

It is always curious to ponder how different history would be if certain events had developed differently. 

To talk of these would-be couples, as well as touch upon the alternative history that we never got to know, we have historians Chris Riley and Catherine Curzon.

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238

Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century

We are now on Patreon!

Join our Baroque Kingdom and become a peer of the realm:

https://patreon.com/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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 Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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