Victorian vigour and a remarkable family

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🗓️ 28 November 2013

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Simon Heffer discusses the triumphs of Victorian Britain, while Adrian Tinniswood talks about the 17th-century Rainborowes who were involved in the Civil War Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	excludes plug-in hybrids, Delantis Financial Services. We think of the Victorian period is a period of great cruelty, oppression, savagery, blinkedness.
0:48.4	It wasn't.
0:49.4	That was Simon Heather discussing Victorian Britain.
0:51.9	They went to New England, both because it offered them religious toleration or degree of religious freedom they weren't getting in old England, but also because they could flog stuff to the colonists.
1:03.9	And that was Adrian Tinswood, talking to us about a remarkable 17th century family.
1:20.9	Music a remarkable 17th century family. Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast.
1:24.6	My name is Rob Atar and I'm the editor of BBC History Magazine, which is the UK's best-selling history magazine.
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