260 Episodes

  1. Empires and the Benin Bronzes

    Published: 16/07/2024
  2. The Cabbage King and Queen vs. the Nazis

    Published: 9/07/2024
  3. Live by the Guillotine, Die by the Guillotine

    Published: 2/07/2024
  4. A Rebel Heiress in the French Royal Family

    Published: 25/06/2024
  5. How the Duke of Monmouth Lost His Head

    Published: 18/06/2024
  6. Love and Tragedy at the Taj Mahal

    Published: 11/06/2024
  7. Nell Gwyn's Cinderella Story

    Published: 4/06/2024
  8. The Queen of Romance

    Published: 28/05/2024
  9. The Corpse on Trial

    Published: 21/05/2024
  10. The Female Pharaoh

    Published: 14/05/2024
  11. Death and the King's Favorite (with Benjamin Woolley)

    Published: 7/05/2024
  12. The Nun of Monza, Part 2

    Published: 30/04/2024
  13. The Nun of Monza, Part 1

    Published: 23/04/2024
  14. Lucretia as a Symbol

    Published: 16/04/2024
  15. A Grand Duchess Above the Barber Shop

    Published: 9/04/2024
  16. The Daring Prison Break of the Emperor in Exile

    Published: 2/04/2024
  17. The Dinner Party at the End of the Iranian Monarchy

    Published: 26/03/2024
  18. Odoacer and Theodoric, the Barbarian Kings of the Roman Empire

    Published: 19/03/2024
  19. Napoleon's Coup Within a Coup

    Published: 12/03/2024
  20. How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings

    Published: 5/03/2024

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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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