256 Episodes

  1. The Venetian Doge Condemned in Memory

    Published: 06/02/2024
  2. Introducing: Very Special Episodes

    Published: 01/02/2024
  3. Pompey and the Prince

    Published: 30/01/2024
  4. The Contradictions and Controversies of Marc de Montifaud

    Published: 23/01/2024
  5. John Dee's Language of the Angels

    Published: 16/01/2024
  6. "Eat Him If You Like"

    Published: 09/01/2024
  7. How Pope Joan Became the High Priestess

    Published: 02/01/2024
  8. William the Conqueror, Christmas King

    Published: 26/12/2023
  9. Napoleon's Josephine (with Jennifer Wright)

    Published: 19/12/2023
  10. The Queen Caught Between Kingdoms

    Published: 12/12/2023
  11. Charlotte Corday, the Angel of Assassination

    Published: 05/12/2023
  12. Caroline Norton Balancing the Scales of Justice

    Published: 28/11/2023
  13. The Princess Who Wrestled for Her Future

    Published: 21/11/2023
  14. The World Inside of Rudolf II's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Published: 14/11/2023
  15. The Tabloid Sacrifices of the Spare, Princess Margaret

    Published: 07/11/2023
  16. Eleanor Cobham, Necromancer Witch

    Published: 31/10/2023
  17. The Thrift-Shop Pope

    Published: 24/10/2023
  18. The Cage of the Ottoman King

    Published: 17/10/2023
  19. The Stories of the Tsar Monk

    Published: 10/10/2023
  20. The Hidden Life of Henry VIII's Fool (With Peter K. Andersson)

    Published: 03/10/2023

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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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