Scandalous Tudor Marriages

Scandalous Tudor Marriages

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Edmund Beaufort: The Man History Got Wrong

*Matt has the week off, so I invited Mike back to discuss someone who may or may not come up in my next conversation with Matt on Henry VI.For generations, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, has been remembered as one of the defeated leaders of the Lancastrian cause at the Battle ...  Show more

The House of Boleyn: History Meets Fiction

Lately, I've been on a historic fiction kick. I read so much non-fiction that it's an absolute pleasure when I can just sit back and let a story tells itself without taking notes.Today, I welcome back the absolutely wonderful Tracy Borman to chat about her new novel The House of ...  Show more

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Catherine Howard | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

Henry VIII called her his 'rose without a thorn', but the teenage Catherine Howard was to fall out of favour less than 18 months after becoming Queen of England.


Out of all of Henry's wives it could be argued that the young queen, who was a cousin of Anne Boleyn, is ...

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Catherine of Aragon | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

We know the fates of Henry VIII's wives, but what were these iconic women really like?


In the first episode of this limited series, Secret Lives of the Six Wives, we'll explore the ways that Catherine of Aragon was a formidable queen and leader, and ...

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History's Worst F*ckboys: Henry VIII
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

Charismatic, passionate, insatiable - Henry VIII is known across the world as the king who had 6 wives, and a few mistresses on the side. But was Henry a romantic or a scoundrel?


Kate is joined by Natalie Grueninger, host of 'Talking Tudors', to find out just how bad ...

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Anne Boleyn | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

How did Anne Boleyn go from being a commoner to being the Queen of England?


As soon as she arrived in the Tudor court she stood out from the other beautiful women who were throwing themselves at Henry VIII, but made him wait for seven years before they eventually got ...

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