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    Noble Blood

    Noble Blood

    Noble Blood

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    Length:
    182 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    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.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 182 episodes

    Title

    The Nun of Monza, Part 2

    CW: murder, gore. Sister Virgina (born Marianna) had made a terrible choice in secret l...

    42 minutes
    		Apr 30, 2024

    The Nun of Monza, Part 1

    For plenty of young women in the early modern era, if their families couldn't afford th...

    43 minutes
    		Apr 23, 2024

    Lucretia as a Symbol

    Why did the Roman Empire do away with kings? Simone de Beauvior would write that, throu...

    42 minutes
    		Apr 16, 2024

    A Grand Duchess Above the Barber Shop

    History is fascinated by the possible escape of Anastasia Romanov, the Grand Duchess ki...

    27 minutes
    		Apr 09, 2024

    The Daring Prison Break of the Emperor in Exile

    When a coalition of European nations invaded Paris in 1815, they offered Napoleon what ...

    44 minutes
    		Apr 02, 2024

    The Dinner Party at the End of the Iranian Monarchy

    When Mohammad Reza Shah got into a helicopter in 1979, he had no idea that it would be ...

    32 minutes
    		Mar 26, 2024

    Odoacer and Theodoric, the Barbarian Kings of the Roman Empire

    The Western Roman Empire was conquered by Odoacer, who styled himself as the "King of I...

    41 minutes
    		Mar 19, 2024

    Napoleon's Coup Within a Coup

    Was Napoleon a military dictator, or a man who did what was necessary in order to prese...

    38 minutes
    		Mar 12, 2024

    How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings

    When Annabella Millbanke had a daughter with her husband, Lord Byron, she was terrified...

    39 minutes
    		Mar 05, 2024

    The Plot to Undo Mary Eleanor Bowes, Part 2

    Mary Eleanor Bowes managed to escape her abusive husband, Andrew Stoney, but the trial ...

    39 minutes
    		Feb 27, 2024