On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples that truly fit the trope of Friends to Lovers.

The title of the episode is Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand, meaning our couples today knew each other of old and had to get married for practical reasons, but they grew to love each other with time.

On the Royal Menu today we have:

The Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Edward, the Black Prince (elder son of Edward III), as well as Anne Neville & Richard III.

To help us understand these couples better, we've enlisted Sharon Bennett Connolly.

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

Women of the Norman Conquest:

https://www.amberley-books.com/silk-and-the-sword.html

Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-medieval-world-9781445689449.html

Women of the Anarchy by Sharon:

https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/women-of-the-anarchy.html

Heroines of the Tudor World :

https://www.amberley-books.com/heroines-of-the-tudor-world.html

Scotland's Medieval Queens:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Scotlands-Medieval-Queens-Hardback/p/51759/aid/1238

More Books by Sharon:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sharon-Bennett-Connolly/a/3883

Sharon's Website:

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/silk-and-the-sword-the-women-of-the-norman-conquest/

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

To book a walking tour with Natalie https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

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Please welcome James Tejani on the show.

We’re talking about his book A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth:

The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America.

Published last year with WW Norton and Company.

Let’s find out more about the San Pedro Bay and how it transformed into one of the most imPORTant locations in the world. Pun intended.

What was the significance of this spot, why was it chosen, how did it develop? Which of America's famous sons were behind it?

By the end of the episode we’ll also find out if Edward Ord, a pivotal character in this book, was a grandson of Prince Regent, i.e. George IV.

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…

Welcome, James!

Find James:

https://jamestejani.com/

Get James' Book:

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093558

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-james-tejani/1144065520

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making-of-the-port-of-los-angeles-and-america-james-tejani/20615589?ean=9781324093565&digital=t

https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-machine-to-move-ocean-and-earth-the-making/id6467292818 (USA)

http://bit.ly/41NSVaE (UK)

Get Catherine's Books on the Georgians:

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

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

Join Natalie on her London Walking Tour Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-from-tudors-stuarts-to-windsors-walking-tour-t481355/?ranking_uuid=b140b9f7-5b9a-4f24-a398-43be9b622724

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Welcome to our Royal Romance season.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together.

The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise.

We’re looking at four such couples today, Richard III & Isabella of Castile,

George I & Queen Anne, Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Queen Victoria,

And finally, Prince Eddy a.k.a. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale & Empress Alexandra.

It is always curious to ponder how different history would be if certain events had developed differently.

To talk of these would-be couples, as well as touch upon the alternative history that we never got to know, we have historians Chris Riley and Catherine Curzon.

Our Favourite Books by Catherine:

The Crown: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Royal-Family-vs-The-Crown-Hardback/p/51893/aid/1238

Georgian Queens: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Queens-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/14066/aid/1238

Georgian Kings: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Kings-of-Georgian-Britain-Hardback/p/12904/aid/1238

Wives of Prince Regent: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Wives-of-George-IV-Hardback/p/20127/aid/1238

Life in the Georgian Court: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Life-in-the-Georgian-Court-Hardback/p/12109/aid/1238

The Real Bridgerton: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Real-Bridgerton-Hardback/p/23199/aid/1238

Our fangirling over Catherine's first book:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/post/life-in-the-georgian-court-the-long-18th-century

We are now on Patreon!

Join our Baroque Kingdom and become a peer of the realm:

https://patreon.com/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Join Natalie on her London walking tours:

Monarchy Anglo-Saxons to Stuarts: https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

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

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

and a new one Royal Love Stories:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-love-stories-walking-tour-t481358/

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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