Podcast Episodes

7: Was Anne Boleyn unfaithful?

Season 2 Episode 7

This week Robert and Kate tackle one of history's biggest questions: was Anne Boleyn guilty of everything that Henry VIII accused her of?

Over the centuries, historians have spilt vast quantities of …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

7: Was Anne Boleyn unfaithful?

Season 2 Episode 7

This week Robert and Kate tackle one of history's biggest questions: was Anne Boleyn guilty of everything that Henry VIII accused her of?

Over the centuries, historians have spilt vast quantities of …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

6: Did Rasputin really cause the Russian Revolution?

Season 2 Episode 6

Despite being immortalised in the iconic song by Boney M, the life and death of Grigory Rasputin remains shrouded in mythology and mystery. A mystic healer, political saboteur, and renegade monk, Ras…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

6: Did Rasputin really cause the Russian Revolution?

Season 2 Episode 6

Despite being immortalised in the iconic song by Boney M, the life and death of Grigory Rasputin remains shrouded in mythology and mystery. A mystic healer, political saboteur, and renegade monk, Ras…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

5: Charles II: Britain’s sex-mad monarch?

Season 2 Episode 5

Charles II's sexual appetite was infamously compared to a racehorse, and he revelled in reversing the social strictures that Oliver Cromwell had strictly enforced during the Interregnum. Unsurprising…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

5: Charles II: Britain’s sex-mad monarch?

Season 2 Episode 5

Charles II's sexual appetite was infamously compared to a racehorse, and he revelled in reversing the social strictures that Oliver Cromwell had strictly enforced during the Interregnum. Unsurprising…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

4: Did a diamond necklace end the French monarchy?

Season 2 Episode 4

What do you get when you mix a $20 million diamond necklace; a sycophantic cardinal; a con-artist; and Marie Antoinette? Only one of French history’s biggest royal scandals – a scandal that, arguably…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

4: Did a diamond necklace end the French monarchy?

Season 2 Episode 4

What do you get when you mix a $20 million diamond necklace; a sycophantic cardinal; a con-artist; and Marie Antoinette? Only one of French history’s biggest royal scandals – a scandal that, arguably…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

3: James II and his fake heir scandal!

Season 2 Episode 3

On June 10 1688, Queen Mary of Modena, the Catholic wife of James II, gave birth to a son, James Francis Stewart. 

Or did she?

Join Kate Williams and Robert Hardman as they dive into one of royal histo…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

3: James II and his fake heir scandal!

Season 2 Episode 3

On June 10 1688, Queen Mary of Modena, the Catholic wife of James II, gave birth to a son, James Francis Stewart. 

Or did she?

Join Kate Williams and Robert Hardman as they dive into one of royal histo…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago