Louis-Philippe, King of France: History of France

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The History of France: From 1180 to the 1600s

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Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France before the French Revolution

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The Second Italian War of Independence: The History and Legacy of the Conflict that Led to Italy’s Unification

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Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen

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Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II

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The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern

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History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1

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French Royalty

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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

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The War of the Spanish Succession: The History of the Conflict Between the Bourbons and Habsburgs that Engulfed Europe

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Conclave 1559

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The First Italian War of Independence: The History and Legacy of the Revolutions that Started the Process of Italy’s Unification

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Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

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The Napoleonic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts That Began Between the United Kingdom and France During the Rule of Napoleon Bonaparte and How They Stemmed from the French Revolution

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Kings and Queens: The History of Mary Tudor, Charlemagne, and Anne Boleyn

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Cola di Rienzo: The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Medieval Roman Who Attempted to Unify Italy

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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors

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The Borgias: Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy

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Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers

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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

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Agnes Sorel

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Henri Iv, King of France: History of France

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Louis XIV, King of France

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Maria Theresa

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Plantagenet Princesses: The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II

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Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation

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The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire

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Francis I: The Maker of Modern France

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History Revealed: The Doomed Alliance of Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn: Episode 34

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Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

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Project MK-Ultra: The History of the CIA’s Controversial Human Experimentation Program

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The Teutonic Knights: A Military History

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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Our Hideous Progeny: A Novel

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Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

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Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones

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The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

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The War on the West

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Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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Nazi Hunting: A Love Story: The husband and wife who, for six decades and counting, have made catching war criminals the family business

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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

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The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul

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Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert

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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

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The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066

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Short Stories

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Whose Middle Ages?: Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

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The Templars: The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo

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Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

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Napoleon

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The Ghost Map

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Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

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Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

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Louis XIV: The Sun King: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles

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Rival Queens: Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici: Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the relationship between Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici - the two most powerful Queens of their time - one of the most intriguing Royal relationships of the 16th century.

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Not Just the Tudors: When thinking about the 16th century the Tudor dynasty often comes to the fore, but the was so much more to this extraordinary period to be explored. Professor Suzannah Lipscombe joins Dan to discuss all things Not Just the Tudors.

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How Inbred were the Habsburgs? 1/2 The Spanish Line

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The Other Anne Boleyn: (Kristin) In 1536, there were two Anne Boleyns in the Tower of London. One was a queen who helped inspire the English Reformation and stood accused of treason; the other was the aunt whose testimony may have helped to convict her. Lady Anne Shelton, née ...

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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudors: Nicola Tallis discusses Margaret Beaufort who played a key role in the Wars of the Roses and whose son, Henry VII, began the Tudor dynasty. Historyextra.com/podcast

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Richard III: How to find a Lost King: How one woman led the search for the lost grave of an anointed King of England.

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What not to do at Henry VIII's court with Jessie Childs: In this episode historian Jessie Childs advises us what not to do at the court of Henry VIII in order to keep your head. In this series of talks by renowned Tudor historians, we closely examine the monarch and man himself, Henry VIII. These talks were...

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The Wars of the Roses: Endings: Part Three of our special miniseries on the civil wars that reforged England's destiny.

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Alexander the Great’s Corpse and the Greatest Heist in History: Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals and empire builders in history, but the story of his death is almost as remarkable as his life. Tristan Hughes joins Dan to tell the almost unbelievable tale of what happened after Alexander died.

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3.11 Fall and Rise of China: White Lotus Rebellion: Last time we spoke, the Qing Dynasty faced the last real death throes of the Ming Dynasty. What is known as the Revolt of three Feudatories resulted in a war against Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong & Shang Zhixin. One by one each warlord fell to the Qing...

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Surviving Henry VIII with Hilary Mantel: In this episode author Hilary Mantel enlightens us on what it takes to have influence at the Tudor Court and what to do in order to survive King Henry VIII. In this series of talks by renowned Tudor historians, we closely examine the monarch and man...

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211: War of the Roses 3: The Romantic Queen and the Monkish King: Owen says, "Nah"

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Episode 081: Tudor Times on Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury: Margaret Pole led a life filled with ups and downs. Born into life as the niece of the King, she ended her life almost 70 years later at the hands of an inexperienced executioner, thanks to Henry VIII. In between her life had ups and downs, and is one...

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Episode 17 - Stupor Mundi: Frederick II was the most polarizing figure to rule as king of Sicily. To some he was the antichrist - a heretical monster whose harem and open contempt of Christianity was the scandal of civilized Europe. To others, however, he was Stupor Mundi - the 'wonder of the world'. He was in many ways a walking contradiction. A German Emperor who was raised on the streets of Palermo, a cynical Teutonic politician in love with the pomp and legends of the south, and a Renaissance monarch in the High Middle Ages. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the life of Frederick II, the grandson of both Norman Sicily's greatest king and its deadliest enemy.

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Episode 11 - The Great Count: Roger de Hauteville was a strange conqueror. The youngest of twelve sons he was the last to come to Italy and treated as the least capable of the siblings by a jealous Guiscard. His first raid in Sicily was a disaster that seemed to confirm the worst suspicions about him. But Roger persevered and over three decades he managed to carve out a kingdom that rivaled that of William the Conqueror's. Along the way he won one of the most spectacular battles in medieval history and managed to die with all of his vast conquests at peace. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the surprising life of the last Hauteville brother.

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The Rise & Fall of the de la Pole Family: The fascinating story of the dynasty that played a central role in the Wars of the Roses.

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Episode 19 - Bohemond - Part 2 - Bohemond in the East: The First Crusade fell like a present into Bohemond's lap. Italy wasn't big enough for his ambitions (especially with his uncle blocking him at every turn) and now here was an opportunity to win fame and wealth in the east, and to look pious while doing it. What better way to prove himself worthy of his father than by accomplishing Guiscard's glittering eastern dream? Join Lars Brownworth as he follows Bohemond on Crusade, where he again matched wits with his old nemesis Alexius, and carved out a kingdom around one of the Near East's most famous cities.

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#99 - Tang 17: The Battle of Talas: The armies of the Far West Anxi Protectorate of the Tang face down a force commanded by the ascendant Abbasid Islamic Caliphate, fresh off its victorious insurgency over the Umayyad Caliphate. But in this one and only clash between Chinese and Arab...

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Episode 110: Arthur Tudor: Arthur Tudor was a Tudor prince who we often think of just in terms of his death. When we do talk about him in life, it's often about whether he consummated his marriage. But there was more to Arthur than that. And after having read a biography of...

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Anne of Cleves: The ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?

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Episode 1 | The First Murder Trial...

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Tudor Times talks to us about Catherine of Aragon: Melita Thomas of Tudor Times talks about their Person of the Month for May, Catherine of Aragon. A Spanish princess, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, she would marry two (yes, two) Tudor princes, becoming the Queen of England as Henry VIII'...

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Medieval Archives Podcast: Episode 04 – The Anarchy: In this episode of the Medieval Archives Podcast we discuss "The Anarchy" a nineteen year period of civil war and chaos. The death of King Henry I set off a chain reaction of events that set England on a path of destruction. The Scots in the North,

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3.14 Lin Zexu vs Big Opium: Last time we spoke, the British government was walking a tight rope between getting their tea fix and not being banned from trade with China. When Britain ended the East India company’s monopoly over the China trade, they assumed they could not be...

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Episode 061: Anne of Cleves: She's remembered as the 4th discarded wife of Henry VIII, but there's more to Anne of Cleves than that. This episode looks at her life, the foreign policy decisions that led up to the marriage, and how she handled life after being divorced. ...

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Lady Jane Grey: On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named as King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned for just 13 tumultuous days before being imprisoned in the Tower, condemned & executed.

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Episode 073: Tudor Times on Elizabeth of York: In Episode 073 of the Renaissance English History Podcast I talk with Melita Thomas of Tudor Times about Elizabeth of York, uniter of the York and Lancaster houses. Get links and resources at Englandcast.com. If you like this show, please leave us a...

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10 Current Monarchs of Europe

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Episode 18 - Bohemond - Part 1: A great father can be both a blessing and a curse, and no one was more aware of that than Bohemond de Hauteville. The first-born son of the adventurer Robert Guiscard, Bohemond spent most of his formative years trying to both prove himself worthy and escape his father's formidable shadow. At every turn, however, fate seemed to conspire against him. Disinherited before he reached the age of five, he was raised by a step-mother who was determined to keep him from an inheritance, and actively held back by more powerful members of his family. But Bohemond had Guiscard's blood flowing in his veins and an unwavering belief in his eventual triumph. Join Lars Brownworth as he traces Bohemond's struggle to claim a place in the sun.