Willy Willy Harry Stee...

By: Charlie Higson
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  • Charlie Higson's History of the Monarchy.


    In each new weekly episode, Charlie and his friendly experts....(ie REAL historians)...learn all about one of our Kings or Queens and ask searching questions like:


    • Were they any good?
    • What did they actually do?
    • Why did so many die from an exploding stomach?


    It's the story of families at war....literally!


    New episodes every Friday.


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  • Edmund Ironside

    Edmund Ironside
    Oct 24 2024

    Egbert's name our list will head then Ethel's Wolf, Bold, Burt and Red. Alf the great and elder Ned, Athelstone. Edmund and Red, Edwig, Edgar, Martyred Ned, never ready Æthelred. Edmund Ironside and Swain and after them Canute the Dane.


    In this episode, Charlie Higson examines the mess that happened between the death of Æthelred and the reign of Canute. it was a short period of turmoil and carnage, but luckily Charlie has Justin Pollard on hand to help decipher it.






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    49 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE 100 - The British Empire

    BONUS EPISODE 100 - The British Empire
    Oct 17 2024

    In this very special 100th edition of Willy Willy Harry Stee, Charlie Higson looks at a huge and hugely important topic in all our histories, The British Empire, and who better to join Charlie, on this special occasion, than historian and host of the Empire podcast, William Dalrymple.


    If you've ever wondered what the British Empire was all about, start here.





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    51 mins
  • Æthelred the Unready

    Æthelred the Unready
    Oct 10 2024

    Battling his way through the Anglo-Saxon monarchs, Charlie Higson arrives at one we're all familiar with, Æthelred the Unready.


    As with many monarchs of this period, we know his name and his amusing nickname, but not much else besides.


    Luckily for us Charlie and his guest Levi Roach author of Æthelred: the Unready are on hand to explain what turns out to be a hilarious medieval pun!


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    1 hr and 7 mins

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Enjoying this series immensely. Facts presented in a way that is interesting and accessible.

Learnt so much, and listening has encouraged me to develop my knowledge and understanding of the monarchy further.

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