Episode 2.95: The Colour of Your Detestable Practices

Fall 1625Delayed and underfunded due to the failed parliament, an English fleet sets sail for Cadiz.  Their goal is to either raid the port, or capture the American treasure fleet before it can land. ...

23 Maalis 201936min

Summer 1625The Charles and Buckingham partnership take control of the kingdom after the death of James.  However, their popular war program runs into problems in Charles' first parliament as the pair ...

16 Maalis 201939min

Ernst von Mansfeld's mercenary army is paralyzed by conflicting orders from England.  James directs Mansfeld to the Palatine, while Charles and Buckingham urge him towards Breda.  The impasse is broke...

9 Maalis 201931min

Autumn 1624After using parliamentary pressure to get James to break off negotiations with Spain, Charles and Buckingham prepare for England's first war in a generation.  But who and where England will...

2 Maalis 201932min

Spring 1624Charles and Buckingham attempt to navigate their way through a parliament.  They have to convince James to adopt a war policy without violating his jealously guarded prerogatives, while at ...

23 Helmi 201939min

1623-1624Charles and Buckingham are met with popular celebrations upon their return to England.  They immediately begin work assembling a popular anti-Spanish coalition in order to force James into wa...

16 Helmi 201930min

Summer 1623Charles and Buckingham plot to return home from Madrid, by any means necessary.  In the mean time, Buckingham plans a diplomatic break with Spain, and a re-branding of himself as the Protes...

9 Helmi 201928min

Spring 1623Charles and Buckingham arrive in Madrid, where they find themselves in over their heads in a world of geo-political intrigue.  The men who had been picking through the marriage negotiations...

2 Helmi 201932min