This podcast is the third of a series of three looking at the life of Queen Elizabeth the first, and I’m exploring the myths and rumours surrounding the life of Queen Elizabeth, England’s ‘Gloriana’ – the virgin queen who reigned England and Ir

Podcast Eighteen - Queen Elizabeth I Part Two

Nov 18th, 2020 19m 15s

This podcast is the second of a series of three looking at the life of Queen Elizabeth the first, and I’m exploring the myths and rumours surrounding the life of Queen Elizabeth, England’s ‘Gloriana’ – the virgin queen who reigned England and I

Podcast Seventeen - Queen Elizabeth I Part One

Oct 23rd, 2020 26m 12s

This podcast is the first of a series of three looking at the life of Queen Elizabeth the first, and is an introduction to the key events of Elizabeth’s life. I’ll be looking at Elizabeth’s challenging childhood, her teenage years, how she end

Podcast Sixteen - Katherine Willoughby

Aug 28th, 2020 23m 56s

Attractive, wealthy and influential, and a favourite of King Henry VIII, Katherine Willoughby knew all his six wives, his daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and his son Edward, so how did this daughter of a proud Catholic become a champion of religi

Podcast Fifteen - Catherine Parr

May 26th, 2020 21m 30s

Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, is popularly known as the wife who 'survived', but why did Henry choose her, and how did she feel about becoming his queen? Although her story lacks the tragic romance of Anne Boleyn, the

Podcast Fourteen - Katherine Howard

May 1st, 2020 29m 15s

Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, reigned as queen from the 28th of July 1540 to the 22nd of November 1541, and is often described as naive at best, at worst wanton and reckless. As always, the truth is more complex, and in this

Podcast Thirteen - Anna of Cleves

Jun 24th, 2019 16m 43s

In this podcast I’ll be looking at the life of the fourth wife of Henry VIII, Anna of Cleves. I had to research her story for my new book, Katherine Tudor Duchess, about Katherine Willoughby, who was the senior lady sent by King Henry, with her

Podcast Twelve - Jane Seymour

Mar 21st, 2019 23m 23s

Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII, is often portrayed as being shy and even boring and described as the opposite of Anne Boleyn, passive and introvert, but of course the truth is far more complex.Her short reign was during the of

Podcast Eleven - Anne Boleyn

Feb 24th, 2019 27m 50s

We think we know a lot about Anne Boleyn, but even the familiar portrait of her has been challenged as a good likeness – and it’s not certain what year she was born in. Her enemies delighted in stories about her being a witch who’d used unfair

Podcast Ten - Catherine of Aragon

Jan 24th, 2019 29m 41s

When Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty in her twenties with a passion she had inherited from her parents, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, the joint-rulers of Spain.This daughter of conquistadors showed

Podcast Nine - Charles Brandon

Dec 15th, 2018 28m 28s

Handsome, charismatic and a champion jouster, Sir Charles Brandon is the epitome of a Tudor Knight. A favourite of King Henry VIII, Brandon has a secret. He has fallen in love with Henry’s sister, Mary Tudor, the beautiful widowed Queen of Fran

Podcast Eight - Arthur Tudor

Nov 19th, 2018 20m 12s

Prince Arthur was heir to the throne of England and the embodiment of the union between Lancaster and York. His wedding to the young and beautiful Catherine of Aragon was one of the first great events of Henry's reign. Then, at the age of fifte

Podcast Seven - Henry VIII

Oct 31st, 2018 24m 3s

What changed Henry VIII from a renaissance prince into the 'tyrant' we know in his later rule? In this podcast I take a look at the theories and evidence for the possible causes, as well as talk about some of the less well know facts about King

Podcast Six - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland

Sep 23rd, 2018 28m 35s

Margaret was the eldest daughter of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, and was born on 28 November 1489 at the Palace of Westminster, a year and a half before her famous brother, who became King Henry VIII.Henry VII wanted to use his daughter

Podcast Five - Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Aug 27th, 2018 14m 9s

I chose to write about Mary Tudor, Queen of France, because I’d researched her birth and early life for Book Three of the Tudor Trilogy, about Mary’s father King Henry VII. In the trilogy I’d moved forward one generation with each book, so it a

Podcast Four - Henry Tudor

Jul 27th, 2018 11m 15s

Bosworth 1485: After victory against King Richard III, Henry Tudor becomes King of England. Rebels and pretenders plot to seize his throne. The barons resent his plans to curb their power and he wonders who he can trust. He hopes to unite Lanca

Podcast Three - Jasper Tudor

Jun 11th, 2018 15m 39s

Jasper Tudor escapes to Brittany with his young nephew, Henry Tudor. Then after the sudden death of King Edward and the mysterious disappearance of his sons, a new king, Edward’s brother Richard III takes the English Throne. With nothing but hi

Podcast Two - Owen Tudor

May 10th, 2018 15m 8s

Henry Tudor is often described as the founder of the Tudor dynasty, but in this podcast, I’d like to take you back much further to the original Tudor family in Wales, and the amazing story of Owen Tudor, the Welsh servant who married a queen, a

Introduction to the Stories of the Tudors Podcasts

Apr 24th, 2018 13m

Welcome to the first of a series of short podcasts about the stories of the Tudors.My name is Tony Riches. I’m a historical fiction author and specialist in the early Tudors. These podcasts are about the stories I uncovered during my research.

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