256 Episodes

  1. How the Duke of Monmouth Lost His Head

    Published: 18/06/2024
  2. Love and Tragedy at the Taj Mahal

    Published: 11/06/2024
  3. Nell Gwyn's Cinderella Story

    Published: 04/06/2024
  4. The Queen of Romance

    Published: 28/05/2024
  5. The Corpse on Trial

    Published: 21/05/2024
  6. The Female Pharaoh

    Published: 14/05/2024
  7. Death and the King's Favorite (with Benjamin Woolley)

    Published: 07/05/2024
  8. The Nun of Monza, Part 2

    Published: 30/04/2024
  9. The Nun of Monza, Part 1

    Published: 23/04/2024
  10. Lucretia as a Symbol

    Published: 16/04/2024
  11. A Grand Duchess Above the Barber Shop

    Published: 09/04/2024
  12. The Daring Prison Break of the Emperor in Exile

    Published: 02/04/2024
  13. The Dinner Party at the End of the Iranian Monarchy

    Published: 26/03/2024
  14. Odoacer and Theodoric, the Barbarian Kings of the Roman Empire

    Published: 19/03/2024
  15. Napoleon's Coup Within a Coup

    Published: 12/03/2024
  16. How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings

    Published: 05/03/2024
  17. The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 2

    Published: 27/02/2024
  18. The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 1

    Published: 20/02/2024
  19. The Sheika Kept Prisoner (with Heidi Blake)

    Published: 13/02/2024
  20. Introducing: History on Trial

    Published: 09/02/2024

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

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