This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Hosted by Dan Jones and Alan Weedon · Sony Music Entertainment
4.9from 5,473 ratings
- 202
- Episodes
- 144
- Transcribed
- 5,473
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
Historian Dan Jones returns with This Is History: The Tudors. Season one gives you the extraordinary origin story of England’s most iconic royal family. This is the ultimate story of kings and queens, seduction and spectacle, where power is seized in private chambers, performed in public and, too often, lost on an executioner’s block. In just over a century, the Tudors alter the fabric of the state and Church. Theirs is the era of the Reformation, of Shakespeare, and of voyages to the New World. Their story starts on 22 August 1485. At the bloody Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III, ending more than three centuries of Plantagenet rule and claiming the English throne as Henry VII. As the embers of the Wars of the Roses finally cool, Henry VII discovers that winning a crown is far easier than keeping one. Too soon, die-hard Richardians team up with a vengeful English princess and plot to replace Henry with pretenders. One is a ten-year-old boy, another, a Flemish teenager who reinvents themselves as long-lost princes. England is once more plunged into chaos. It's a far cry from the story Henry VII hoped to tell. To dive deeper into Tudor lore, subscribe to bonus episodes on Apple podcasts or become a Royal Favourite in Dan’s royal court on patreon/thisishistory. A Sony Music Entertainment production. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com
- Publisher
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 24 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
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[…] Yet it may just irk him that despite his incredible adventure, his miraculous return, and the promise of infinite omega-3 for every Englishman, Cabot isn't quite the top headline news in August 1497. Sure, his voyage of discovery will have humanity-shaping implications in decades and centuries to come. […]
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