Inside Hampton Court Palace

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For centuries, Hampton Court has been a stage for monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In his new book The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court, Gareth Russell moves through the rooms and the decades, each time focusing on a different person who called Hampton Court their home.

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Gareth to find out more about the many sovereigns and servants that lived and worked in Hampton Court and the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place.

This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:45.2	four months. Hampton Court Palace is one of my favorite places in the world. I'm sure I'm not alone. But I was lucky enough
1:06.3	to work there as a curator for three years and that means I thought I knew all its secrets.
1:12.3	I've been on the roofs, behind the astronomical clock, in rooms now only occupied by
1:19.3	peeling Victorian wallpaper, and perhaps my most favorite moment of all in the great hall after dark in the depths of winter.
1:28.0	Given that I still lead tours around it on a fairly regular basis, I thought I knew all there was to know about its history,
1:35.0	but today's guest has showed me the depths of my hubris and very entertainingly so too.
1:41.0	Garath Russell is a historian who's written about Catherine Howard in his biography
1:45.8	Young and Damned and Fair and about the Queen Mother in Do Let's Have Another Drink.
1:51.4	He hosts the podcast Single Mort History and his latest book is called The Palace.
1:57.0	From the Tudors to the Windsor's 500 years of history at Hampton Court. Garth Russell, welcome back to not just the Tudors. Thank you so much for coming back. Thank you for having me. I love us.
2:14.4	We're talking because you have another delicious book out, The Palace, which is the subtitle
2:21.4	will give it away from the Tudors to the Windsor's 500 years of history at Hampton Court and it's such a fun read.
2:28.0	Your prose is really enjoyable. What's the guiding principle of the book would you say?
2:33.0	Because this isn't an architectural history, is it?
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