Today's episode of the Queens of England podcast is sponsored by Audible, the home of over 180,000 audiobooks and other spoken word products.

Now, long-time listeners to the show will remember that back in the day, I used to give book recommendations.

But frankly, lots of our queens didn't have audiobooks that really related to them, and so I felt that I was really having to make tenuous connection.

Therefore, I stopped and started using a more general message.

However, I was walking through Waterstones the other day and came across a book on none other than our favourite witch queen, Joanna of Navarre.

Called The Queen's Choice, it is a historical fiction book written by Anne O'Brien,

and it's all about her decision

to leave her children in Brittany and go off to England to marry Henry IV. I haven't had a chance

to read it yet, but the reviews online are excellent and it's jumped to the top of the list of books

for me to pick up. So, you can get the Queen's Choice as your free audiobook today, or indeed

any other day, by signing up at

audible trial.com forward slash queens for a free 30-day trial. Of course, you can choose any other

of Audibles range of products. There's something in there for everyone. And if you don't like it,

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Hello and welcome to the Queens of England podcast.

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