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 to having a deeper connection to our own humanity. So this is episode

115 and it is an interview with Tony Riches. He is an amazing historical fiction author. If you've

not read his work, I highly recommend it. And you can start out with this book on

Charles Brandon, his newest book. But you should definitely go back and read the older books, too.

So we talked about Charles Brandon, who is somebody who I will admit I had a negative perception

of. But we talked a lot. In his book, he gives a very different perspective of Charles

Brandon and really humanizes him, which I think is great. So he has expanded my Charles

Brandon horizons. So before we get into that, and before I introduce him, I want to remind you

that there's still time to get some amazing Christmas presents over at Tudorfair.com,

which is my online shop. The treasures from Best Christmas Box, which is a box that's similar

to the popular subscription service, but it's a more festive version and it is just a one-off,

so there's no commitment required. It's for those of you who might be a little bit commitment-phobic, that's okay. This is a festive version of treasures from Best, and it's basically

like five gifts in one. So it makes a really great Christmas gift. And then we also have tickets on

sale for TudorCon. So I would like to invite you to spend three days with me and 120 of your new best friends

in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at a newly restored winery adjacent to the Pennsylvania

Renaissance Fair from October the 18th to 20th, 2019, where we are going to have three days

of amazing fun with feasting and partying, but also a lot of learning.

So we're going to have guest speakers similar to what we have with the Tudor Summit.

And we're going to have about 10 speakers and we're going to have period music, hands-on

demonstrations of things like fiber arts and spinning.

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