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The Elizabethan Age
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Over the course of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II sustained Britain's monarchy for seven decades, between the eras of steam and Zoom. She departed possessing the gratitude and respect of the overwhelming majority of her subjects who today find it hard to come to terms with a world from which she is absent. So what characterised the second Elizabethan Age?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests: Sir Max Hastings, historian, journalist and columnist for The Times.Alwyn Turner, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Chichester.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: BBC Archive, NBC News, CBS News, AP Archive, Iconic, Times Radio, Parliament TV. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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