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Episode 187 – Henry VII & the Tudor Pretenders with Nathen Amin

Guest Bio Nathen Amin is an author and researcher from Carmarthenshire, West Wales, who focuses on the 15th Century and the reign of Henry VII. He wrote 'The House of Beaufort' in 2017, an Amazon #1 Bestseller in three historical categories, and 'Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders; Simnel, Warbeck and Warwick', also an Amazon #1 Bestseller, was released in April 2021. As of 2020, he is a trustee and founding member of the Henry Tudor Trust, and in 2022 was elected a fellow of the Royal … [Read More...]

Episode 186 – Tudor Treason with Dr Dan Gosling

Guest Bio Dr Dan Gosling is Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives, expert in the records created by the central law courts and the litigants bringing cases into these courts. His PhD (University of Leeds, 2016) examined statute interpretation in the late medieval and early modern periods. He is co-author of the recently released book A History of Treason: The Bloody History of Britain through the Stories of its Most Notorious Traitors (2022). You can follow Dan on his … [Read More...]

Episode 185 – Christmas in Tudor Times with Brigitte Webster

Guest Bio Brigitte has devoted decades into the study of historic food, gardens and early furniture, and runs Tudor and 17thcentury experiences at her beautiful sixteenth century house in Norwich. https://www.tudorexperience.com/ Tudor Takeaway Brigitte's Lamb's wool recipe! https://www.patreon.com/posts/75857798 Natalie Grueninger speaks with Brigitte Webster about Tudor Christmas food and traditions. Tune in to hear Natalie and Brigitte discuss: - Advent in Tudor … [Read More...]

Episode 184 – The Final Year of Anne Boleyn with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

Hello everyone!  The brilliant Dr Owen Emmerson recently interviewed me about my new book, 'The Final Year of Anne Boleyn'. I'm thrilled to be able to share our conversation with you, as I thoroughly enjoyed it. Happy listening! Listen Now!  N x … [Read More...]

Episode 183 – All the Queen’s Jewels with Dr Nicola Tallis

Guest Bio Dr Nicola Tallis is an independent historian, who has worked as a curator, lecturer, and historical researcher. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a regular contributor to historical magazines. Nicola is the author of four books: Crown of Blood (2016), Elizabeth's Rival (2017), Uncrowned Queen (2019), and All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548: Power, Majesty and Display (2022). https://nicolatallis.com/ Tudor Takeaways Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery by Diana … [Read More...]

Episode 182 – Priest Hides with Phil Downing

Guest Bio Phil Downing is an historical reenactor and the manager of Harvington Hall - a stunning Elizabethan manor house in Worcestershire. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetudortours https://www.harvingtonhall.co.uk/ Natalie Grueninger speaks with Phil Downing about priest hides Listen Now!  … [Read More...]

Episode 181 – Anne Boleyn’s Ladies-in-Waiting with Sylvia Barbara Soberton

Guest Bio Sylvia Barbara Soberton is a writer, historian and researcher specialising in the history of the Tudors. She debuted in 2015 with her bestselling book "The Forgotten Tudor Women: Mary Howard, Mary Shelton & Margaret Douglas". Sylvia's other best-sellers include "Golden Age Ladies: Women Who Shaped the courts of Henry VIII and Francis I", "Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens", "The Forgotten Tudor Women: Anne Seymour, Jane Dudley & Elisabeth … [Read More...]

Episode 180 – The Private Life of Thomas Cromwell with Caroline Angus

Guest Bio Caroline Angus is a New Zealand-based author raising four sons. Caroline studied history at Universitat de València, Spain, spending ten years dedicated to the Spanish Civil War and the resulting dictatorship. Caroline went on to study with King’s College London, specialising in Shakespeare and British royal history. After a decade of writing fiction, including the Secrets of Spain series, focusing on the lives of Valencian interviewees between 1939 and 1975, and the more recent … [Read More...]

Episode 179 – Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship with Linda Collins & Siobhan Clarke

Guest Bios Linda Collins BA (hons), MA, Dip Francais, was employed by the Historic Royal Palaces for more than 20 years whilst continuing her work as a freelance lecturer. Linda's lecturing career has taken her on tours throughout UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She is an accredited lecturer for the Arts Society and President of her area Arts Society. A member of the Association of Art Historians, Linda has spoken on various radio programmes, appeared in a PBS TV documentary on Henry … [Read More...]

Episode 178 – Veronica Franco & Courtesans in 16th-Century Venice with Professor Margaret Rosenthal

Professor Margaret Rosenthal

Professor Margaret Rosenthal Guest BioMargaret F. Rosenthal is Professor of Italian at the University of Southern California.A specialist in Italian renaissance literature and women’s social history of the Venetian Republic, she has published numerous articles and books on renaissance women writers. The Venetian courtesan poet, Veronica Franco, has been a particular focus of her work. The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer of Sixteenth-Century Venice (University of Chicago … [Read More...]

Episode 176 – From Homespun to Cloth of Gold: Dressing Tudor Women with Dr Owen Emmerson

Dr Owen Emmerson

Guest Bio Dr Owen Emmerson Dr Emmerson is a social and cultural historian currently working as Castle Historian and Assistant Curator at the stunning Hever Castle in Kent – Anne Boleyn’s childhood home. He completed his doctoral research at the University of Sussex. Owen’s first book, co-authored with the historian Claire Ridgway, is entitled ‘The Boleyns of Hever Castle’. His second book, co-authored with the historian Kate McCaffrey, is entitled “Becoming Anne: Connections, Culture, … [Read More...]

Episode 175 – The Lives of Aztec-Mexica Women with Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock

Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock

Guest Bio Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock is Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield, specializing in Mesoamerica and the Atlantic world. She is the UK’s only Aztec historian, and her first book, Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture(2008, PB: 2011) won the Royal Historical Society’s Gladstone Prize for 2008. Caroline’s new book On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe– a groundbreaking history of how Native peoples from … [Read More...]