Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast.

I'm your host, Heather Tusko. This is episode 63. It's an interview with Linda Porter. She was the historical consultant on the new BBC

1 series Six Wives. She also has a new book out on the children of Charles I and the English

Civil Wars. Before we get started, though, I need to mention that the Renaissance English History

podcast is a proud member of the

Agora Podcast Network. The Agora Podcast of the Month is the History of Egypt podcast. The History of

Egypt podcast is available on iTunes and also at Egyptian History Podcast.com. So check that out. It's a really interesting

podcast to listen to. So let me introduce Linda Porter for you. Also, you can get links and show

notes and everything like that at my website, Englandcast.com, E-N-G-L-A-N-D, C-A-S-T,

Englandcast.com. And you can get more information about Linda and all the

links to get her books there. Linda Porter has a BA and a doctor of philosophy from the

University of York. She spent nearly 10 years lecturing in New York at Fordham and City

universities, among others, before returning with her American

husband and daughter to England, where she embarked on a complete change of career. For more than

20 years, she worked as a senior public relations practitioner in BT, introducing a groundbreaking

international public relations program during the years of BT's international expansion.

The attractions of early retirement were too good to miss, and she has gone back to historical

writing as well as reviewing for the BBC History Magazine, the literary review, and history today.

She's now on her fourth book, Royal Renegades, the Children of Charles I and the English Civil

Wars. I am so grateful to Linda Porter for taking the time to speak with us. We started off

the interview with me asking her about Charles I's view of monarchy and how that influenced

his children's views, especially Charles and James.

...