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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 …
1 year, 8 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 …
1 year, 8 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 stri…
1 year, 8 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 stri…
1 year, 8 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…
1 year, 8 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…
1 year, 8 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 R…
1 year, 8 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 R…
1 year, 8 months ago
2: Did Queen Victoria secretly marry her servant?
Season 2 Episode 2
Did Queen Victoria find comfort and love in the arms of a servant following the death of Prince Albert? What can we conclude from the Queen’s disrega…
1 year, 8 months ago
2: Did Queen Victoria secretly marry her servant?
Season 2 Episode 2
Did Queen Victoria find comfort and love in the arms of a servant following the death of Prince Albert? What can we conclude from the Queen’s disrega…
1 year, 8 months ago