Plantagenet Shade

By: Plantagenet Shade
  • Summary

  • We live at the interface of history and fiction. Join in, we have cookies. Intro music: Medieval and Celtic Music | LANDS by Alex-Productions | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
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Episodes
  • S3 Ep1: Shogun
    Feb 23 2024
    Ahead of the broadcast of FX's new limited series based on James Clavell's 1975 novel, Shōgun, we read the book, talked about its historical setting, chatted a little about the rest of Clavell's Asian saga, and discussed Shōgun's cultural impact. We also talked briefly about the 1980 miniseries based on the novel. 
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • S2 Ep3: Wolf Hall and the Tudors
    Nov 30 2023
    We finally talked about the Tudor era, using Hilary Mantel's brilliant novel, Wolf Hall, as our starting point. 
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • S2 Ep2: Of Coronations and Things
    May 29 2023
    In line with the coronation of King Charles III this month, Plantagenet Shade looks back 70 years to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 through the eyes of Jennifer Robson's novel, Coronation Year. 
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    1 hr and 5 mins

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