Outliers – Mehmet and Peter

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

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4.6 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Outliers – Stories from the edge of history is an historic fiction podcast that explores how big events are viewed and shaped by the people in the shadows.

It’s late spring in 1726 at Kensington Palace, and the lavish court of King George I is in residence. Meanwhile, Mehmet, the Turkish valet to the King, is having some problems with Peter from Hanover, 'the wild boy' who is kept for the King’s amusement. A comical cat-and-mouse chase ensues, but perhaps it is Peter who has some unexpected lessons to teach Mehmet.

Listen to Outliers - Stories from the edge of history wherever you get your podcasts or go to: https://sites.libsyn.com/109217/site

To find out more about Peter’s life go to:

https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/peter-the-wild-boy-from-hanover/

Untold Lives is an exhibition that explores the forgotten stories of those who worked at the royal palaces over 300 years ago.

https://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/whats-on/untold-lives

Please note, these episodes are released in a different order than on the original podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Historic Royal Palaces podcast.
0:04.0	Over the next few episodes, we're going to be featuring something a bit different.
0:08.0	We'll be releasing some episodes from Outliers, our Historic Fiction podcast,
0:13.0	that explores how big events filter down and are viewed and shaped by the people in the shadows of our palaces.
0:19.0	We'll be back with our usual non-fiction
0:22.1	history in no time, but for now, sit back and enjoy these stories from the edge of history.
0:29.0	Though based on documented history, the following is a work of fiction. Please be aware. This episode
0:36.0	contains adult themes, including elements of xenophobia and abuse.
0:45.0	Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill, present Outliers.
0:53.0	Stories from the Edge of History
0:54.5	The Edge of History
0:54.5	The Episode 4 Meph Met and the Wild Boy by David K. Barnes
1:26.7	The boy won't keep his clothes on, they told me.
1:31.8	So why was that my problem?
1:34.5	I had enough to be getting on with.
1:37.1	I'd rest the king.
1:38.5	He does not disrobe in public or walk around on all fours.
1:42.3	And if he ever tried, well, I'd stop him. But Peter was not the king.
1:49.9	Peter was the king's new pet, and Peter would not keep his clothes on. The king brought the boy from
1:59.4	Germany, as he had done with me.
2:01.6	Though I am not a German, and as for Peter, who could tell?
2:07.6	My name is Georg Ludwig Maximilian von Koenigstroy, but you will know me as Mehmet.
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