On the 5th November 1605 many men were set up to lose their lives in a Catholic coup at the Palace of Westminster. One of those was the King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The first British King.

Let’s talk about King James and get to know him better.

Coming back to the podcast we have Steven Veerapen, who has penned James’ bio for Birlinn books, titled The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI & I.

Welcome back, Steven!

The Wisest Fool - The Lavish Life of James VI and I:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-wisest-fool-2/

Get Witches: A King's Obsession:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Witches-Kings-Obsession-Steven-Veerapen/dp/1780279523/

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/witches/

Anna of Denmark:

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1160454

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Denmark-Queen-Two-Kingdoms/dp/1789973414/

Get Steven's Books:

https://www.waterstones.com/author/steven-veerapen/4403209

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-veerapen/

https://www.peterlang.com/document/1113656

https://birlinn.co.uk/?s=steven%20veerapen&t=authors

Find Steven:

https://www.stevenveerapen.com/

https://x.com/stevenveerapen

https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/veerapenstevendr/

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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/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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Today we’re talking to the Pulitzer winning author Michael Hiltzik, and we discuss his new book - The Golden State, all about the history of the great state of California.

Published by Mariner Books in USA and Amberley in UK.

Welcome, Michael!

Get Golden State:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/golden-state/michael-hiltzik/9781398109025 (UK)

https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/h/michael-hiltzik/golden-state.html (UK)

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/golden-state-michael-hiltzik?variant=42201774456866 (USA)

Find Michael:

https://michaelhiltzik.com/books/

https://www.latimes.com/people/michael-hiltzik

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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 & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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The Oscar season is around the corner, and William Shakespeare is once again frequenting the red carpet, so why not look back and talk about a film that won 7 (!) Academy Awards, and is literally one of the best films of all time when it comes to the bard. I’m talking of course, about Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Joining me today is Darren Freebury-Jones, another fan of this oeuvre.

Darren has written many books about Shakespeare and his contemporaries. You may remember him from our Borrowed Feathers episode a few months ago.

Welcome back, Darren!

Words, words, words, indeed....

Find Darren:

https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/

https://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/guests/darren-feebury-jones/

https://stagetalkmagazine.com/p/34306

https://www.instagram.com/freeburian/

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-borrowed-feathers-playwrights-greatest/dp/1526177323 (USA)

Shakespeare's Tutor Thomas Kyd:

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182616/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-tutor-influence-Thomas-Kyd/dp/1526182610/ (USA)

Find more Shakespeare on Natalie's walking tours with Reign of London:

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

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https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

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Today we’re talking to Aimee Fleming, the author of the solo biography of Margaret More, the eldest daughter of Thomas More.

Published by Pen & Sword.

Margaret was one of the most educated women of the Tudor era and definitely deserves her story told. Let’s find out more about her.

Get Margaret More Roper:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Female-Tudor-Scholar-and-Writer-Hardback/p/50767/aid/1238

Get Tudor Princes and Princesses:

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tudor-Princes-and-Princesses-Hardback/p/52742/aid/1238

Find Susan:

https://historyaimee.wordpress.com/

https://www.instagram.com/historyaimee/

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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 & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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Today we're talking to Vittoria, the curator at the Queen's House in Greenwich.

Let's find out why this Stuart masterpiece is so special.

Find Royal Museums Greenwich:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/

Find Pirates Exhibition:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/pirates

Visit Greenwich (...best place to be):

https://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/pirates-exhibition-p2274551

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https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

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https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

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Join Natalie for a tour of Naughty London where we walk by an actual pirate ship:

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

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Today we’re talking to Rosemary Goring, and her latest book, which covers the exile years of one Mary, Queen of Scots. Let’s look at these years in more detail, and find out why those years hold the key to many of Mary’s mysteries.

Published with Birlinn Books.

Exile:

https://birlinn.co.uk/product/exile/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/exile/rosemary-goring/9781780278384

Get Rosemary's Book Babies:

https://birlinn.co.uk/contributor/rosemary-goring-2/

https://www.waterstones.com/author/rosemary-goring/125735

Find Rosemary:

https://www.thetimes.com/profile/rosemary-goring?msockid=2c1af97d433c6ead308aec8342dc6f5a

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/rosemary-goring

https://www.heraldscotland.com/author/profile/73304.Rosemary_Goring/

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https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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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 & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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Today we have a very special guest, Michael Livingston and we’re going to talk about his new book - and why we need to change the label of the Hundred Years’ War.

Published with Head of Zeus in UK and Basic Books in USA.

Get Michael's Books:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/two-hundred-years-war-9781035906369/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/agincourt-9781472855169/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/never-greater-slaughter-9781472849380/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cr%C3%A9cy-9781472847065/

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/michael-livingston/bloody-crowns/9781541607705/?lens=basic-books

Find Michael:

https://www.michaellivingston.com/

https://www.instagram.com/livingstonphd/

https://x.com/medievalguy

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https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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

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Today our guest is Rachel Morris, who has just published a book on the home life of Renaissance Magicians, including one John Dee.

Let’s cast some spells. Welcome, Rachel!

Get Rachel's Books:

https://septemberpublishing.org/product/the-years-of-the-wizard-the-strange-history-and-home-life-of-renaissance-magicians-hb/

https://septemberpublishing.org/product/the-museum-makers/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-museum-makers/rachel-morris/9781912836826

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-years-of-the-wizard/rachel-morris/9781914613968

Find Rachel:

https://rachelmorriswriter.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/rachelmorris_writer/

https://septemberpublishing.org/authors/rachel-morris/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

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/

Tudors & Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-tudors-stuarts-walking-tour-t481355/

The Georgians:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-the-georgians-walking-tour-t481358/

Naughty London:

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

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

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