Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today is Guy Fawkes Night, a.k.a. Bonfire Night…

Let’s talk about the history of it with James Travers, who has published three books on the topic. His last book, published with Amberley in 2019, also makes evident the connections of the Gunpowder Plot to Shakespeare..let’s dive in!

Find James' Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-gunpowder-plot.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/t/community-james-travers.html

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

We continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Today we have a short bonus episode for you and our guest is Chris Wood, the author of two spooky books - Final Last Words and Death in the Theatre., published by Pen & Sword.

He will be telling us about some of the gruesome couples he read about in his research - til death them do part indeed, sometimes literally.

Find Chris' Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Death-in-the-Theatre-Hardback/p/23295/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Famous-Last-Words-Confessions-Humour-and-Bravery-of-the-Departing-Paperback/p/18951/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Please welcome back to the podcast, Ben Norman, who this time will be talking about his Pen & Sword book - A History of Death in the 17th Century England.

How did you die in the 1600's? Would it be any different than dying today? Let's find out...

Pre-order Ben's New Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-17th-Century-Knight-Hardback/p/51496/aid/1238

See Ben's Books here:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/James-Is-Tumultuous-First-Year-as-King-Hardback/p/24327/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Death-in-17th-Century-England-Paperback/p/18009/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/pomp-and-piety.html

Please find more books on the Stuarts:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sex-and-Sexuality-in-Stuart-Britain-Paperback/p/17131/aid/1238

https://www.amberley-books.com/a-year-in-the-life-of-stuart-britain.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-stuarts-in-100-facts.html

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we continue a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Please welcome to the podcast, the Stuart Anderson Harris, who has a very popular YouTube channel which focusses on Manchester's Haunted Past...

Find Stuart:

https://www.youtube.com/@StuartAndersonHarris

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Welcome to Season 5 of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast!

Today we start a new mini series - SCARY HISTORY, wherein we’ll explore the many stories of humans mistreating other humans, and the lessons we can draw upon these examinations.

Please welcome to the podcast, the author Erin Fetterly, a.k.a. The Canadian Londoner, and she’ll be telling us stories from her new book Women Who Kill - a History of Britain’s Most Dangerous Women.

Find Erin:

https://www.instagram.com/thecanadianlondoner/

Find Erin's Book:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Women-Who-Kill-A-History-of-Britains-Most-Dangerous-Women-Hardback/p/50912/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Our great friend Chris Riley is back, this time to tell us all about the Battle of Agincourt of 1415,

the one Shakespeare made famous with speeches like ‘Once More unto the Breech, dear friends, once more’ and ‘we few, we happy few, we band of brothers’...

Welcome back, Chris!

You can find Chris on @chrisrileyhistory on IG

Our favourite books on The The Battle of Agincourt:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/henry-v-9781804541937/

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/agincourt-9781472855206/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/393103/1415-henry-vs-year-of-glory-by-ian-mortimer/9781845950972

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Agincourt-Myth-and-Reality-1415-2015-Hardback/p/6241/aid/1238

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her walking tours in London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/ .

For more history fodder, please browse https://www.reignoflondon.com/ and https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/

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Heather R Darsie is back on the podcast, this time with her brand new book

Stuart Spouses: A Compendium of Consorts from James I of Scotland to Queen Anne of Great Britain, published by Pen & Sword.

Who were the Consorts, supporting Scottish monarchs, from 15th to 18th century?

Why did Mary Queen of Scots have three of them?

Who was Mary of Guelders and why does this duchy keep coming up when studying early modern European history?

Did George of Denmark have a prominent role? Let's dive in...

Buy Heather's new book Stuart Spouses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Spouses-A-Compendium-of-Consorts-from-James-I-of-Scotland-to-Queen-Anne-of-Great-Britain-Hardback/p/51167/aid/1238

Heather's The House of Cleves Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/anna-duchess-of-cleves-9781398103269.html

https://www.amberley-books.com/children-of-the-house-of-cleves.html

Pre-Order Heather's New Book on Katherine of Aragon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/d/community-heather-r-darsie/katherine-of-aragon-spanish-princess.html

Heather's Website:

https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, please follow the links:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-unsavory-history-guided-walking-tour-t428452/

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Today we present to you our interview with Richard Wallace, who has recently written a book for The History Press , titled ‘The King’s Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History',

What did Edward VIII inherit when his father died?

Why was Queen Mary called a Royal Magpie?

How did Queen Victoria change the history of Royal Jewellery forever?

And what did Wallis Simpson have to do with any of it?

Let’s dive in.

Find Richard's Book:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-kings-loot/

Baroque... Blog:

https://www.ifitaintbaroque.art/post/that-woman-the-life-of-wallis-simpson-duchess-of-windsor-by-anne-sebba

London Walking Tour:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355/

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