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Episode 62 – Talking Tudors with Karen Fleming

Natalie Grueninger chats with Forensic Artist Karen Fleming. See examples of Karen's work at www.karenflemingforensicartist.com/ Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break … [Read More...]

Episode 61 – Talking Tudors with Dr Nicola Tallis

Natalie Grueninger speaks to author and historian Dr Nicola Tallis about Margaret Beaufort. Visit Dr Tallis' official website here. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break … [Read More...]

Episode 60 – Talking Tudors with Sean Cunningham

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Sean Cunningham about Henry VIII's first Christmas as king. Follow Dr Cunningham on Twitter. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break … [Read More...]

Episode 59 – Talking Tudors with Melanie Backe-Hansen

Natalie Grueninger chats with house historian Melanie Backe-Hansen. Follow Melanie on Twitter. Visit Melanie's official website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break … [Read More...]

Episode 58 – Talking Tudors with Valerie Schutte

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Valerie Schutte about Mary I and Tudor book dedications. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break courtesy of guitarist Jon Sayles. Listen … [Read More...]

Episode 56 – Talking Tudors with Christine Morgan

Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Christine Morgan about Mary Boleyn and the Melusine myth. Follow Christine on Twitter. The Untitled History Project with Christine Morgan. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking … [Read More...]

Thorns in a Realm of Roses, The Henry Queens by Thomas Crockett

England, 1541.  King Henry receives an anonymous letter suggesting that his fifth wife, the young Katherine Howard, whom he had called a rose without a thorn, may have led an unchaste life before they were married.  In the rose gardens of Hampton Court Palace, Henry feels the illusion of youth and virility slip away; he faces an uncertain future.  Must he dispatch yet another wife?  Old, overweight and increasingly infirm, could he find love and marry again to further secure the Tudor … [Read More...]

Understanding the life of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk

I'm thrilled to be hosting a stop on Tony Riches' Blog Tour for his latest novel, Katherine Tudor Duchess. To mark the occasion, Tony has written a wonderful guest post entitled 'Understanding the life of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk'. Without further ado, over to Tony! Katherine Tudor Duchess by Tony Riches Publication Date: October 1, 2019 Preseli Press eBook & Paperback; 328 pages Series: The Brandon Trilogy, Book 3 Genre: Historical … [Read More...]

Episode 55 – Talking Tudors with Mathew Lyons

Natalie Grueninger speaks with historian Mathew Lyons about Sir Walter Ralegh and his relationship with Elizabeth I. Visit Mathew's official website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my … [Read More...]

Episode 54 – Talking Tudors with Bart Casey

Natalie Grueninger speaks with author Bart Casey about Sir Henry Lee and Anne Vavasour. Visit Bart Casey's official website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break … [Read More...]

Catherine Howard and the Cromwells, By Teri Fitzgerald

On 28 July 1540, King Henry VIII married Catherine Howard, the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, his chief minister, who had orchestrated his disastrous fourth marriage to Anne of Cleves. Catherine was the niece of Cromwell’s bitter political rival, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Sixteen months later the much-married monarch was informed that his beautiful fifth wife had been accused of dalliances, before and after the royal marriage. At Hampton Court on 6 November … [Read More...]

Episode 53 – Talking Tudors: The Halloween Special

Halloween is, of course, the season for ghost stories and tales of spine-tingling encounters with the unknown. In this special edition of Talking Tudors, Natalie Grueninger begins by recounting a strange experience that she had during a holiday in Dover. She then chats to author Sandra Vasoli about something eerie that happened to her during a three-night stay at Thornbury Castle. Natalie also speaks with novelist Adrienne Dillard about how an evening of fun and frivolity with family and friends … [Read More...]