We continue our #MightyMargarets series!

Today we present to you our chat with Linda Porter about her book The Thistle and The Rose published by Head of Zeus, which tells the story of Margaret Tudor, English Princess, sister of Henry VIII. Margaret went on to marry the Scottish king James IV, and thus became the grandmother to the future Mary Queen of Scots and great-grandmother to James VI & I.

Margaret was the link between the Tudors and the Stuarts, so Happy #StuartSunday to you all!

Margaret Tudor: The Thistle and The Rose:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/thistle-and-the-rose-9781801105781/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Thistle-Rose-Linda-Porter/dp/1801105782/ (USA)

Katherine Parr:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/katherine-the-queen/linda-porter/9780330460804 (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312616960/katherinethequeen/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mary-tudor/linda-porter/9780749909826 (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312564964/themythofbloodymary/ (USA)

Crown of Thistles: Mary Queen of Scots:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/crown-of-thistles/linda-porter/9780330534376/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Tudors-Versus-Stewarts-Fatal-Inheritance/dp/1250067464/ (USA)

Royal Renegades: Children of Charles I

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/royal-renegades/linda-porter/9781447267546 (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Renegades-Children-Charles-English/dp/1250055423/ (USA)

The Mistresses of Charles II:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/mistresses/linda-porter/9781509877072 (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Mistresses-Linda-Porter/dp/1509877053/ (USA)

Find Linda:

http://www.lindaporter.net/

https://www.instagram.com/linda.porter7/

https://x.com/DrLindaPorter1

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Tudors & Stuarts:

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

Tudors & Stuarts to Windsors:

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

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Dear listener, Today we present to you our chat with PETER JAMES BOWMAN, the author of The Real Persuasion: Portrait of a Real-Life Jane Austen Heroine, published with Amberley.

The book is a non-fiction account of a young woman named Catherine, whose own romance resembled that of Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion. The peculiar thing about it all is the fact that Jane Austen had no idea Catherine existed. Intrigued? As are we. Let’s find out more…

The Real Persuasion

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-real-persuasion-9781398122574.html

The Fortune Hunter

https://www.signalbooks.co.uk/2014/07/the-fortune-hunter/ (UK)

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-fortune-hunter/peter-james-bowman/9781909930032 (USA)

The First Celebrities

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/b/peter-james-bowman/the-first-celebrities.html

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If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Stuarts to Windsors:

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

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

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Today we start a new series, dedicated to Blighty’s great historic locations - today we talk to the lovely Georgina who works at Hatfield House, a gorgeous historic manor found in Hertfordshire, famous for being the childhood home of Elizabeth I.

Let’s find out more.

Visit Hatfield:

https://hatfield-house.co.uk/

https://hatfield-house.co.uk/explore/the-old-palace/

https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/hertfordshire/item/hatfield-house-gardens.html

https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/Favourite-2018.php

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-favourite-filming-locations

https://www.filminginengland.co.uk/where-was-the-favourite-filmed/

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Tudors to Windsors:

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

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

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Today we sit down with illustrator, actor, playwright and producer Laura Crow to talk about her new project Vile, The Tudor Play.

This delicious production looks at the story of Jane Parker, a.k.a. Jane Boleyn, from a new angle.

See Vile:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-nopxgad

Find Vile:

https://www.tudorsociety.com/vile-the-radical-redemption/

https://www.instagram.com/vile_thetudorplay/

https://timeandagaintheatre.com/projects/

https://substack.com/@vilethetudorplay

Find Laura:

https://www.itslauracrow.com/

https://www.instagram.com/itslauracrow/

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https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Tudors to Windsors:

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

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

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Good news - The New York Times Best-selling author JOHN MATTHEWS is back on the show, this time we’ll be talking about The Book of Merlin: Magic, Legend and History, published by Amberley.

Who was Merlin?

Did he actually exist?

What has Wales got to do with him?

And what is the larger context of the Merlin and Arthurian myths? Let’s dig in…

Happy #MerlinMonday !

Please welcome John Matthews to the show.

And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth.

The Book of Merlin:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Merlin-Magic-Legend-History/dp/1445699206/ (USA)

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Support Baroque:

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Tudors to Windsors:

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

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

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Please welcome historian Anna Whitelock and we’ll be talking today about her fabulous new book - The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain, published by Bloomsbury (UK) & Viking Press (USA).

This is a wonderful account of James VI and I’s working life.

What was his connection to the colonies?

How global was Britain’s presence during his reign?

And is it true that he was once invited to the next tsar of Russia?

Let’s find out more.

The Sun Rising:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sun-rising-9781408863541/ (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-sun-rising/anna-whitelock/9781408863510 (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318646/the-sun-rising-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mary-tudor-9781408800782/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319084/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/189852/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Elizabeth's Bedfellows:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/elizabeths-bedfellows-9781408833643/ (UK)

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/queens-bed-intimate-history/author/whitelock-anna/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Bed-Intimate-History-Elizabeths/dp/0374239789/ (USA)

Find Anna:

https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73627/anna-whitelock/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Whitelock

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock

https://www.visiblecrown.com/as-a-historian-of-monarchy-i-thought-i-was-immune-to-its-magic-not-today

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=anna%20whitelock

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Stuarts to Windsors:

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

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

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Have you ever heard of Russian Jews seeking new life in Galveston, Texas, after the pogroms in Imperial Russia? Now you have.

Today we talk to Rachel Cockerell, whose ancestor was responsible for this movement, and whose first book on this subject, told entirely with the voice of primary sources, was voted The Times and The Sunday Times Book of the year. Let’s find out more…

Get Melting Point:

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/rachel-cockerell/9781035408917 (UK)

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/rachel-cockerell/melting-point-family-memory-and-the-search-for-a-promised-land/9781035408917/ (UK)

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374609269/meltingpoint/ (USA)

Find Rachel:

https://www.rachelcockerell.co.uk/

https://www.ft.com/content/a815b1ed-61dc-4912-85f5-a1e385d34d69

https://www.thejc.com/life/i-definitely-feel-more-jewish-than-when-i-started-writing-the-book-v1v6dbv4

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/melting-point-rachel-cockerell-book-review

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/melting-point-book-cockerell-jewish-homeland-galveston-project-texas/

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Stuarts to Windsors:

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

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

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We continue our #MightyMargarets series!

Good news! Lauren Johnson is back on the podcast, this time we’re talking about the great Tudor matriarch - Margaret Beaufort, the subject of Lauren’s upcoming book.

Did Margaret know how to have fun? What part did femininity play in her life? What was it like to have her as your boss? And what do swans have to do with Margaret Beaufort? Let's find out...

Pre-Order Margaret Beaufort - Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-beaufort-9781789541649/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Beaufort-Survivor-Rebel-Kingmaker-ebook/dp/B0F1FGLF27/ (USA)

Get The Shadow King - The Life and Death of Henry VI:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shadow-king-9781784979645/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/books/the-shadow-king-9781643131283-hardcover (USA)

Get Lauren's Other Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/lauren-johnson/ (UK)

http://pegasusbooks.com/authors/lauren-johnson (USA)

Lauren's Fiction:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Arrow-of-Sherwood-Hardback/p/4101/aid/1238

Find Lauren:

http://lauren-johnson.com/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/LaurenJohnsonAuthor/

https://www.threads.com/@history_lauren

Lauren on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796295.Lauren_Johnson

Find Baroque:

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

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

Stuarts to Windsors:

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

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

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