Chapter 169- The Raggedy King in Blue (1469-1471) (The Roses of London: 8)
We have reached 1469, and arguably the three most intense, most insane, years of the Wars of the Roses- the wild, forever unstable Kingdom was rocked as regimes rose and fell with alarming speed; two ...
8 Okt 202556min
Chapter 168- The Terrible Tragedy of Edward IV (1461-1469) (The Roses of London: 7)
Young, charismatic, intelligent, and highly popular in London, Edward IV seemed to have it all. For our city, his reign promised much, a new start, a new dawn even, of a king inclined to their sensib...
1 Okt 202554min
Chapter 167- Yorkist London (1461-1466) (The Roses of London: 6)
After a weeks break due to ill health, the Story returns with an episode that unashamedly takes a short break from the grand narrative of the Wars of the Roses, to look at the politics and changing fo...
24 Sep 202544min
Chapter 166- A Great Shedding of Blood (1460-1461) (The Roses of London: 5)
The saga of London during the Wars of the Roses continues in this fast paced chapter, which covers one of the dramatic few months this nation has ever seen; the city had mostly sided with the Yorkists...
10 Sep 202545min
Chapter 165- The Danger is Imminent (1460) (The Roses of London: 4)
1460… that one time, in London, the Tower of London started firing cannon and napalm into the nearby houses. Seriously. A chapter that explores the extraordinary moment when the Earl of Warwick took...
3 Sep 202556min
Chapter 164- The Stupid, Sexy, Pirates of Calais (1459-1460) (The Roses of London: 3)
The Wars of the Roses are warming up, and London is trying NOT to pick a side… but the Queen is unleashing a smart campaign upon the city, turning Livery Companies upon one another, and political scan...
27 Aug 202553min
Chapter 163- The 99 Problems of Mayor Geoffrey Boleyn (1456-1459) (The Roses of London: 2)
The tale of London in the Wars of the Roses continues as we examine the aftermath of the Battle of St Albans and the fall of the second protectorate of York; Italian merchants sleeping with married En...
20 Aug 202547min
Chapter 162- Five Dogs Heads on Fleet Street (1454-1456) (The Roses of London: 1)
And so we begin the tale of London in the Wars of the Roses, setting the scene, and dropping us straight into the city- as the Duke of York and the Duke of Somerset’s five year rivalry moves towards i...
13 Aug 202550min
