Today we're talking to Margarette Lincoln and her book on our fair capital, titled London and the 17th Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City, published by Yale University Press.

Let's find out how did London change from the reigns of James VI & I to Glorious Revolution? What was the landscape like? And what is it about The Queen's House and the Banqueting House that makes them so precious and unique?

Tune in and see for yourself...

Get London and the 17th Century:

https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300264746/london-and-the-seventeenth-century/ (UK)

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300264746/london-and-the-seventeenth-century/ (USA)

Find Margarette:

https://www.margarettelincoln.com/

https://www.waterstones.com/author/margarette-lincoln/15071

https://www.instagram.com/margarettelincoln

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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Today we’re talking to Gareth Russell, a historian and author, whose book on the late Queen Mum we’ll be discussing today.

Did you know she had met the mother of Nicholas II? Or that she was born in Scotland? Would it surprise you to learn one of her suitors was called James Stuart?

Let's find out more...

Gareth's book was published with William Collins in the UK and Atria Books / Simon & Schuster in the USA.

Welcome back, Gareth!

Get Do Let's Have Another Drink:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother-gareth-russell (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Do-Lets-Have-Another-Drink!/Gareth-Russell/9781668006955 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008542658/do-lets-have-another-drink-the-singular-wit-and-double-measures-of-queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother/ (AUS)

Get Palace:

https://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court-gareth-russell-9780008437015/ (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Palace/Gareth-Russell/9781982169077 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008436995/the-palace-from-the-tudors-to-the-windsors-500-years-of-history-at-hampton-court/ (AUS)

Get Queen James:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king-gareth-russell (UK)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six-Loves-of-James-I/Gareth-Russell/9781668049686 (USA)

https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008660871/queen-james-the-life-and-loves-of-britains-first-king/ (AUS)

Find Gareth:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/single-malt-history-with-gareth-russell/id1565005422

https://www.instagram.com/_garethrussell/

https://www.garethrussell.co.uk/

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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Today we're talking to Claire, the polar expert at Royal Museums Greenwich.

The topic - Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of explorer Sir John Franklin, who never came back from his third voyage to the Arctic.

Let's find out more about this fascinating unconventional Victorian couple.

Welcome, Claire!

P.S. we have new tracks on our episode tonight, courtesy of jimmy cheeseburgah, please enjoy our new interval!

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

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

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

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

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