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Apr 22, 2024 • 52min

149. King Charles I (1625-49)

Iain Dale talks to Leanda de Lisle about the life and reign of one of Britain’s most famous kings, Charles, not least because of the civil war and the fact he had his head chopped off.
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Apr 15, 2024 • 42min

148. King Stephen (1135-54)

Iain Dale talks to political historian Robert Waller about the life and reign of King Stephen
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Apr 8, 2024 • 21min

147. Harthacnut (1040-42)

Iain Dale and David Walsh discuss the life and brief reign of Harthacnut, who ruled for only two years in the middle of the eleventh century
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Apr 1, 2024 • 43min

146. Canute (1016-1035)

Iain Dale talks to journalist and broadcaster Sue Cameron about the life and reign of the King who tried to hold back the tide. Or did he? Listen and find out!
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Mar 25, 2024 • 50min

145. Charles II (1660-85)

Iain Dale talks to historian Charlotte White about the restoration of the monarchy after the resignation of Richard Cromwell, and the reign of King Charles II.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 41min

144. Edward II (1307-1327)

Iain Dale discusses the controversial reign of King Edward II with political historian Nigel Fletcher and they try to work out if some of the stories about Edward are real or based on myth, including the fact he allegedly died from having a red hot poker shoved up where the sun doesn’t shine!
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Mar 11, 2024 • 47min

143. Henry VII (1457-1509)

Iain Dale talks to Tudor historian Nathen Amin about a monarch who is largely forgotten but undeservedly so. Henry VII’s memory is eclipsed by his son – he of the six wives, but he deserves to be better remembered than he is, as Nathem explains.
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Mar 4, 2024 • 27min

142. George I (1714-27)

Iain Dale talks to Newsagents podcast presenter Lewis Goodall about the life and reign of the first Hanoverian king, George I. 
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Feb 26, 2024 • 35min

141. John (1199-1216)

Shadow cabinet minister and political biographer Nick Thomas-Symonds talks to Iain Dale about the life and failures of the reign of King John
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Feb 19, 2024 • 44min

140. Alfred the Great (871-899)

Iain Dale talks to Conservative MP and historian Alex Burghart MP about the reign of the man who many claim to be the first King of England, Alfred the Great.

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