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Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and France
Season 4 Episode 1
We're back! This season is themed: Women In Towers And the Assholes Who Sent Them There. And where else to begin than with the long, weird saga of Ma…
5 years, 4 months ago
Shakespeare's Rival Was A Bisexual Spy
It's a super special!
Author Allison Epstein (A Tip For The Hangman) joins us to share the wildly interesting saga of Christopher Marlowe, the 16th ce…
5 years, 8 months ago
Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester (Festive Holiday Spactacular Super Special)
Lettice Knollys (8 November 1543 – 25 December 1634) was the first cousin once-removed of Queen Elizabeth I (on the Boleyn side). Lettice was also ba…
5 years, 9 months ago
Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven
Season 3 Episode 9
Anne Stanley (May 1580 – c. 8 October 1647) was a descendant of Mary Tudor through Eleanor Brandon. Following the death of the three Grey sisters, sh…
5 years, 11 months ago
How To Lose A Queen In Nine Days: Lady Mary Grey
Season 3 Episode 8
Lady Mary Grey (c. 1545 – 20 April 1578) was the youngest sister of Lady Jane Grey. Through her grandmother, Mary Tudor, she had a claim on the crown…
5 years, 11 months ago
Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford
Season 3 Episode 7
Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Katherine Grey, was the younger sister of Lady Jane "Nine Days …
5 years, 11 months ago
Lady Jane Grey, or, How To Lose A Queen In Nine Days
Season 3 Episode 6
Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12 February 1554) was kinda the first-ever woman to rule England, except she was technically a girl and technically sort of…
5 years, 11 months ago
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
Season 3 Episode 5
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman. As the daughter of Mary Tudor and niece of Henry VIII,…
6 years ago
Anne Askew
Season 3 Episode 4
Anne Askew (1521-1546) was one of the earliest-known female poets to compose in the English language, the first Englishwoman to demand a divorce, and…
6 years ago
How To Lose A Queen In Nine Days: Catherine Parr
Season 3 Episode 3
Catherine Parr (1512-1548) is best known for surviving being the sixth and final wife of Henry VIII. She had three other husbands, one of whom was wo…
6 years ago