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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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well!

Gemma Hollman is back on the show!

This time with her latest book Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens (Abbeville Press).

This book has women’s stories told with some serious help from contemporary art. How were women depicted in paintings, pictures and drawings? Let’s find out more...

Find Gemma:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/?s=gemma+hollman&submit=

https://justhistoryposts.com/

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

Get Gemma's Books:

Women in the Middle Ages:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Middle-Ages-Illuminating-Peasants/dp/0789214962 (UK)

https://www.abbeville.com/products/women-in-the-middle-ages (USA)

Women of Edward III:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-queen-and-the-mistress/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Queen-and-the-Mistress/Gemma-Hollman/9781639363599 (USA)

Royal Witches:

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/royal-witches/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Royal-Witches/Gemma-Hollman/9781643137704 (USA)

If you would like to join Natalie on one of her London Walking Tours, please follow the links:

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

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

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Join us this month and explore the love stories of the past.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.

My Heart Flies to Your Service...

On this episode of our Valentines Series, we’re looking at couples, where a monarch or a senior royal made a match against society rules and definitely against convention of the day.

We’re looking at three such couples today, Isabella of France & Roger Mortimer, Fair Maid Joan of Kent & Thomas Holland; and of course, Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon.

To help us get to know there couples better, we invited Sharon Bennett Connolly and Amy McElroy.

Find Sharon here:

@sharonbennettconnolly on Instagram

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

Women of the Norman Conquest:

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

Women of the Anarchy :

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

Heroines of the Medieval World :

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

Pre-Order Sharon's New Book

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

Find Amy:

https://amymcelroy.blog/

Mary Tudor, Queen of France:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-Tudor-Hardback/p/51784/aid/1238

Educating the Tudors:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Educating-the-Tudors-Hardback/p/22338/aid/1238

Women's Lives in the Tudor Era:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Womens-Lives-in-the-Tudor-Era-Hardback/p/24437/aid/1238

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/

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Please welcome to the podcast Dan E Parkes, he has just released a book called Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing.

What happened to the family of Titanic’s captain E J Smith after the sinking?

Where their lives affected by other disasters of the 20th century?

Is it true that his daughter’s husband is the original James Bond?

Let’s find out…

Of course, this being Titanic, Dan and I will be busting a lot of myths on the way as well.

Please find Dan's book here:

https://www.amberley-books.com/titanic-legacy.html

Find Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/parkesproductions/

Captain Titanic:

https://linktr.ee/captaintitanic?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa7QWM7q-MxOSGHJLZTjq5siCGGuBxm7_yl2Is3xTrsQheVmWdAPPwbt4Q_aem_RYK07-bgk7ejgikY-1x3Mw

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/

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

https://www.getyourguide.com/s/?q=supplier:252243

A walking tour dedicated to the story of RMS Titanic is in the works.

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

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This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings.

On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples who faced revolutions and regime changes in their countries.

Did love survive the turmoil? Was the throne lost forever? If they didn’t love each other, could the outcome have been different?

We’re looking at three such couples today,

Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and of course, Nicholas II and Alexandra.

To make sense of their romantic and political shenanigans, we have historians Mark Turnbull and Catherine Curzon.

Get Mark's Books:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-Is-Private-Life-Hardback/p/23661/aid/1238

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Prince-Rupert-of-the-Rhine-Hardback/p/52608/aid/1238

Find Mark:

https://www.allegianceofblood.com/

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

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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Let’s talk about murder that was happening in Anglo-Saxon England, who was killing whom, why and what was the punishment?

With kings and queens, Did primogeniture or the lack of it made any difference?

What were the most gruesome cases?

Annie Whitehead wrote a book on True Murder History in Anglo-Saxon England, with the tagline Justice, Wergild, Revenge, published by Amberley.

Find Annie:

https://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk/

Murder in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.amberley-books.com/murder-in-anglosaxon-england.html

Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom:

https://www.amberley-books.com/mercia-9781398103337.html

Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Women-of-Power-in-Anglo-Saxon-England-Hardback/p/17769/aid/1238

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/

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/

Our New Podcast Finally Got Round To...:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1R2IGs4ISTwtE5SD1cecNW

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/finally-got-round-to/id1796730805

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