Stones & Bones

Stones & Bones

By Deborah BrezinaSociety & CultureDocumentaryHistory
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Stones & Bones episodes

  • Warrior Queen

    Almost two-thousand years ago, a Celtic queen proved the truth of the famous saying “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”

    20 min
  • Londinium

    Samuel Johnson, considered England’s greatest man of letters, famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he’s tired of life.” London’s fascinating history is one reason why.

    17 min
  • The Mentor

    Any mentor can only go so far. Eventually the hero – or heroine – MUST face the unknown ALONE. 

    15 min
  • The Northampton

    Of Emma of Normandy, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: “Few women in history have stood at the centre of such remarkable converging forces.” But another powerful woman stood in her way.

    16 min
  • The Northampton

    Of Emma of Normandy, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: "Few women in history have stood at the centre of such remarkable converging forces." But another powerful woman stood in her way.

    16 min
  • Birth of a Conqueror

    How did one of history’s most famous kings come to be? Yet without Emma of Normandy, he would be a fleeting figure through time.

    19 min
  • Ironside
    This figure is indispensable to British history and to Emma's story. But he didn't last long on her chessboard.
    18 min

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A thousand years ago Emma of Normandy was on trial for adultery, treason and murder. The Stones & Bones podcast tells the tale of the first woman styled Queen of England who stood at the center of…