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Mary, Queen of Scots: Part One: Birth of a Queen
Season 6 Episode 7
Our in-depth discussion of the life of Mary, Queen of Scot’s begins! In France! Just like Reign!
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Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and M…
3 years, 4 months ago
Author Interview: Jane Draycott (Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen)
Everyone knows the name Cleopatra, but her daughter Cleopatra Selene is little-known these days. Jane Draycott has written the first modern biography…
3 years, 4 months ago
Author Interview: Celia Bell (The Disenchantment)
Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy, aka Countess d'Aulnoy, aka Madame d'Aulnoy, was a French author who invented the term "fai…
3 years, 4 months ago
Author Interview: Elizabeth Chadwick (The King's Jewel)
Nesta, or Nest ferch Rhys, was a Welsh princess in the late 11th and early 12th century. Her father was the last King of Wales, and Nesta was taken t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Queen Charlotte Was Not As Cool As On Bridgerton, I'm Sorry
So who was the real Queen Charlotte aka Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz? Was she at all like the spirited heroine of the Bridgerton spinoff series?…
3 years, 4 months ago
Was Queen Charlotte Really Black?
The new Netflix series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story adapts the real-life story of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, presenting her as a Black…
3 years, 4 months ago
Catherine de'Medici, Part Three
Season 6 Episode 7
All scandalicious things must come to an end, and so it is with the unrelentingly wild saga of Catherine de'Medici. But how will she score on the Fre…
3 years, 5 months ago
Author Interview: Valerie Fridland (Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English)
This week we're talking about the history of language with Dr. Valerie Fridland, author of the new book Like Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in …
3 years, 5 months ago
Catherine de'Medici, Part Two
Season 6 Episode 6
The second part of Catherine de’Medici’s story, or, how do you solve a problem like De Guises?
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3 years, 5 months ago
Author Interview: Vanessa Wilkie (A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England)
It's a super special! This time we're joined by Vanessa Wilkie, author of the new biography A WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: THE SPECTACULAR RISE OF ALICE SPENC…
3 years, 5 months ago