Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast.

I'm your host Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible, because I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are,

our place in the universe, and our own humanity. Today I'm talking with Sarah Gristwood, a notable

tutor and royal author about her new book, Game of Queens, which is a fascinating look at the

women who ruled 16th century Europe. Just a couple of quick notes before we get

started. Have you bought your 2017 diary or planner yet? If not, I've got a Tudorific deal for you. Yes,

I seriously just said Tudorific. I said it. Oh my goodness. So go to TudorPlan.com, Tudor Planner, and check out the planner that I've

designed. It's got monthly and weekly pages and it's full of tutor history. This week in

tutor history, this month quotes from tutors that we love and musical listening suggestions

with a special playlist that you can go to.

So you can get it in hardcover, paperback.

They're going to be shipped in December in time for Christmas if you order early.

And there's also a PDF printable.

So you can go to tutor planner.com and check it out.

Also, the Renaissance English History Podcast is a proud member of the

Agora Podcast Network, and the Agora Podcast of the month is the History of Islam. It's a really

interesting look at Muslim history, at Islamic history, and you can find it at history of

Islampodcast.blogspot.com or all of the normal, usual, podcast-y places.

So finally, I've got links going up on the Englandcast.com site for all of Sarah's information,

links to her books, everything like that. So go to Englandcast.com for that.

So let me introduce you to Sarah Gristwood now.

She's a best-selling tutor biographer, former film journalist, and commentator on royal affairs.

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