Suzannah Lipscomb

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Hello, I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit, the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs, from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to Samurais, relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage and witchcraft.

Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.

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I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and this is Not Just the Tudors from History Hit.

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Hello, I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit, the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs, from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to Samurais, relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage and witchcraft.

Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.

In June 1657, a man who had helped to overthrow the English monarchy found himself sitting upon the Stone of Scone, the ancient symbol of Scottish and English kingship.

Both episodes are well worth revisiting.

Miranda's new book, The House of Cromwell, Power, Family and the Making of Modern Britain, explores the Cromwells across generations, revealing a family shaped by faith, ambition, political upheaval, and an extraordinary awareness of its own place in history.

I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and this is Not Just the Tudors from History Hit.

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Hello, I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit, the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs, from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to Samurais, relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage and witchcraft.

Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.

Perhaps one of the most famous images in English literature is the one of a man waking up to find himself flat on his back, pinned to the earth by hundreds of tiny cords, while miniature people swarm around his enormous body.

Drawing on decades of scholarship, he reveals the book's rich political context, its Irish dimension, and the deliberate structure that makes the satire as powerful in the 21st century as it was in 1726.

And that's what we'll be finding out more about today.

I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and you're listening to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit.

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[gentle music] Hello, I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit, the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs, from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to samurais, relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage, and witchcraft.

[witch cackling] Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.

[gentle music] Picture a young girl in a scarlet cloak strolling through quiet woods, a basket of fresh produce in her hand.

He has authored and co-authored and edited scores of books, including The Great Fairytale Tradition: From Straparola to Basile to the Brothers Grimm and Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairytales.

So there is no one better to help us uncover the darker, stranger, and fiercely political history behind the stories we all thought we knew.

I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and you're listening to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit.

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Here, as one reviewer describes it, is the compelling story of a forgotten Tudor mastermind.

I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and this is Not Just the Tudors from History Hit.

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He led a coup attempt, effectively, to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England, and that led him, eventually, to the executioner's block.

To chart the meteoric rise and disastrous fall of one of Tudor England's most influential figures, I'm joined by the brilliant Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, expert in all things Tudors.

She and I recently made a documentary series called How the Tudors Lost Their Heads, which is out now on National Geographic.

In it, we reveal some of the era's most famous figures in a new light by investigating the real reasons their lives ended by execution.

So after filming, Dan and I sat down together to discuss what we'd learned about the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of John Dudley, and we thought you might like to hear it, too.

I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and this is Not Just the Tudors from HistoryHit.

Suzannah, thanks for coming on.

It's good to see you, Dan.