Today we have a very special guest. He is an OBE and a Grammy award nominee. He has conducted Baroque music the world over, and today he joined us for a chat about his decades-long career, his love of music, the history of his family and of course, his upcoming 75th birthday.

Welcome, Nic!

Find Nic:

https://www.nicholasmcgegan.com/

Listen to Nic:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tW7J49UTzVDW9ns4E37D1

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.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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

"Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess: I Am Not as Simple as I May Seem", published by Amberley Books.

Let's re-evaluate what we know of Katharine, as the daughter of Spain. What family drama did she leave behind? What was going on the continent when Henry was trying to divorce her? Did the change of Pope affect Katharine's fate?

Heather dives deep into Katharine's youth and busts myth after myth. Prepare to re-evaluate everything you know of this great Queen.

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katherine of Aragon:

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

Buy Heather's 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 Anne Boleyn:

https://www.amberley-books.com/if-any-person-will-meddle-of-my-cause.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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This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode we’re chatting to Nicola Tallis about the great Tudor Matriarch, Margaret Beaufort.

Welcome, Nicola!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Get Nicola’s Books:

https://www.mombooks.com/books/?search=Nicola+tallis

Find Nicola’s Tudor Trio Project:

https://thetudortrio.wordpress.com/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

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

Royal London - 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/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode we’re chatting to Dr Elizabeth Norton as she prepares for her talk on Reigning Spanish Queens.

Welcome back, Elizabeth!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Please find Dr Elizabeth Norton's books:

Catherine Parr: Wife, Widow, Mother, Survivor, the Story of the Last Queen of Henry VIII

https://www.amberley-books.com/catherine-parr-9781445603834.html

Amberley Publishing (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/n/community-elizabeth-norton.html

Head of Zeus (UK)

https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/elizabeth-norton

Pegasus Books (USA)

http://www.pegasusbooks.com/authors/elizabeth-norton

Dr Elizabeth Norton's website:

http://www.elizabethnorton.co.uk/

Pre-Order Dr Elizabeth’s Upcoming Book:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Elizabeth_Norton_Women_Who_Ruled_the_World?id=48UhEQAAQBAJ&pli=1

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

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

Royal London - 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/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode let’s chat to Peter Stiffel as he teases us on the topic of his upcoming talk at the festival

Welcome, Peter!

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

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

Royal London - 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/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the  Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

In this mini episode let’s chat to Nathen Amin as he teases us on the topic of his upcoming talk at the festival

Welcome back, Nathen!

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

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

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

Royal London - 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/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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This is one of our Bonus Episodes for the  Katharine of Aragon Festival which happens this weekend in Peterborough, as it does every year.

Let’s talk to Jackson van Uden  - the man in charge of the festival and find out more about this celebration of Katharine of Aragon. 

Please enjoy this bonus episode.

Join the Festival:

Cathedral: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/peterborough/peterborough-cathedral

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/about/history/katharine-of-aragon/kofa_25/

Online Tudor Talks:

https://peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/online-tudor-talks/

Pre-Book Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess by Heather R Darsie:

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

Find Jackson here:

https://historywithjackson.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/historywithjackson/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXh8pNeS7gdE377kgrNOIw

Dictators by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/wZ7lh

The Crystallisation of Totalitarianism by Jackson van Uden:

https://shorturl.at/H3bAl

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tours:

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

Royal London - 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/

For more history, check out https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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How were people educated in the 16th century England? Did girls and boys have different curriculums? Did Henry VIII’s antics influence education at all? And what were the whipping boys?

Let’s welcome Amy McElroy, and we’ll be talking about her book Educating the Tudors, published by Pen & Sword.

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

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

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/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 Royal Love Stories:

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

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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Today our guest is Ashley Wood, and we’re talking about his new Amberley Published book - Henry’s Shadow, which tells us about the life and times of John Morton, a cleric who was a very important figure during the Wars of the Roses.

John Morton was born during the reign of Henry V, with the memory of Henry IV still in the air, and died during the reign of Henry VII, with a future Henry VIII being a boy.

What was this man like, who did he side with, and how did he manage to survive in such perilous times? Let’s hear it from Ashley.

Get Henry's Shadow:

https://www.amberley-books.com/henrys-shadow.html

See More Books that feature John Morton:

https://www.amberley-books.com/john-morton.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/henry-vii-and-the-tudor-pretenders-9781398112469.html

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

Royal London Walking Tour

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

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

Royal Love Stories Walking Tour:

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

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

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Welcome to season SIX of our independent history podcast.

Today we’re talking to Sharon Bennett Connolly, about her upcoming book “Scotland’s Medieval Queens”, soon to be published by Pen & Sword.

What do you call a collection of Royal Margarets? A Crown? A Madge?

In Sharon's latest book, there is a significant and above average congregation of Royal Ladies named Margaret...

Let's hear about them and other Queens based in Scotland in the medieval era...

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

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

Women of the Norman Conquest:

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

Women of the Anarchy :

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

Heroines of the Medieval World :

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

Pre-Order Sharon's New Book

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

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/

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