Dutch Manhattan - New York | 6
In the years after Adrian Van der Donck won a municipal charter for New Amsterdam, and under Peter Stuyvesant's stern but capable rule, the city flourished. Even English residents of New England and Virginia sent their goods to Europe via the future New York Harbor, because the Dutch were so good...
Micah Clarke (1889), Part 1
Hello and welcome to episode 78. This month we start our multi-part discussion of one Conan Doyle’s most important works, his historical romance Micah Clarke, first published in 1889.
You can read the story here.
The show notes will be available at https://bit.ly/DOD78sn (for all show notes,...
Tea: The Drink That Built an Empire—and Helped Break One
Tea: The Drink That Built an Empire—and Helped Break One
China had the tea. Britain had the appetite. John Hancock had a business to protect.
British TV - No disaster can happen before a cuppa
Watch almost any British television series, and tea appears whenever you enter someone’s home or office...
Strictly Stuarts: Mary of Modena - Britain's Only Italian Queen with Justine Brown
Welcome to our STEW/ART HISTORY FORTNIGHT !
Last time we spoke about the Quaker movement in the 17th century, this time our attention goes towards Mary of Modena - one of our more underrated queens.
What was it like to marry James, Duke of York, who was many years her senior?
What was life like i...
9th October 1665: King Charles II moves Parliament to the University of Oxford to escape the Great Plague
Charles opened the fifth session of the Cavalier Parliament in the Great Hall at Christ Church College in Oxford, having left London to escape the Great ...
The King's Court Murders Audiobook by Ellis Blackwood
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: The King's Court MurdersSubtitle: A Historical Mystery from 17th Century London (The Samuel Pepys Mysteries, Book 4)Categories: Cozy Mystery, Historical Fiction, MysteryAuthor: Ellis BlackwoodNarrator: Charles JohnstonPublisher...
