Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Joanna Laynesmith

Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading

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Covers topics in categories such as:

Prisoners in the Tower of LondonDaughters of kingsFemale Shakespearean charactersWomen in medieval European warfare, English royal consortsHistory

  1. Margaret of Anjou

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the Queen of England fought to hold on to power for the sake of her son, when her husband's mental illness made him unable to rule.

    25 May 2018

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    Also featuring: Katherine Lewis, James Ross

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    HistoryPrisoners in the Tower of LondonDaughters of kingsFemale Shakespearean charactersWomen in medieval European warfare, English royal consorts