More would-be assassins of Queen Victoria (part 2 of 2) - Blunt force and ignorance

Consistently Eccentric History

English - June 16, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 79.9 MB
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Previous Episode: Attempts to kill Queen Victoria (part 1 of 2) - Shooting for notoriety

Next Episode: The 1908 Olympics - (or) let's make the marathon longer for the royals

We are back to conclude our breakdown of the eight attempts on the life of Queen Victoria during her reign. This time the motives for regicide range from Irish Nationalism to underappreciated poetry and we finally get some variation from simply trying to shoot her... which is nice.

If you have not listened to part one yet, I would strongly suggest that you do so, otherwise there will be quite a few references and callbacks that will likely not make sense. Though I can appreciate it may be hard to tell if the episode seems any more chaotic than usual.

Guest Host: Emma Heathcote

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