Latest 17th Podcast Episodes
Episode 34 - Charles I's 2nd Son - The Future James VII/II
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - June 16, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutesSend us a Text Message.
Episode 33 - The Forgotten Battle of Winwick, 1648
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - May 11, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message.
Episode 32 - Siege of Gloucester, 1643
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 27, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutesSend us a Text Message.
Episode 31 - Brereton's Body
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 13, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesSend us a Text Message.
Episode 30 - Powick Bridge Re-examined
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - March 30, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutesSend us a Text Message.
Episode 29 - Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - September 23, 2023 06:00 - 54 minutesSend us a Text Message. Hartlebury Castle was the home of the Bishops of Worcester for centuries. But in 2022, a chance meeting between historian, Doug Smith, and archaeologist, Tim Cornah led to a whirlwind excavation that brought the civil war back to Hartlebury. The sights, sounds and smell...
Episode 28 - Alice Thornton's Manuscripts
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - September 10, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutesSend us a Text Message. I speak with Professor Cordelia Beattie about the remarkable manuscripts penned by Alice Thornton, a Yorkshire woman who lived through many key events of the 17th century. Though from a well-to-do family, she wasn't rich, and the war affected her in many ways. Cordelia a...
Episode 27 - Dunbar Part 2 (Durham Death March)
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - August 05, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutesSend us a Text Message. Historian John Sadler is my guest, speaking about the fates of the 5000 prisoners taken at the Battle of Dunbar and force marched across the border to Durham. Much of their story was forgotten until 2013, when a mass grave was discovered in the shadow of the world herita...
Episode 26 - English Civil War Society
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - July 27, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutesSend us a Text Message. I speak to Thomas Zugic, a captain in Lunsford's Regiment of the English Civil War Society, about a forthcoming re-enactment at Hylton Castle, Sunderland. ▪️Discover more about the ECWS ▪️Find out about this event, as well as some of Thomas's favourites ▪️Learn why Th...
Episode 25 - Battle of Dunbar
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - June 24, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message.
Episode 24 - Montrose's Military Report
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - June 11, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutesSend us a Text Message. Warwick and I assess the battle record of The Great Montrose & ponder some fascinating 'what if' questions. Do we both agree? ▪️Which victory was his greatest? ▪️What might have happened if the king's cavalry had managed to link up with him after Naseby? ▪️How would...
Episode 23 - Montrose
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - May 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. Find out more about The Great Montrose & his 'year of miracles'. Montrose's latest biographer, Dominic Pearce, describes the man, his campaigns & relationship with Charles I & II. ▪️After a glorious year of miracles, what led to Montrose's defeat at Philiphaugh? ▪️Did ...
Episode 22 - Civil War Wargaming
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 30, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutesSend us a Text Message. Scott Moore, creator of the boardgame 'This War Without an Enemy' joins me to discuss the game, and his interest in the civil wars. ▪️ Which childhood friend, and civil war historian, helped generate his interest in the period? ▪️ What are the different types of wargam...
Episode 21 - John Hampden
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 22, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutesSend us a Text Message. Ian Beckett, a Vice-Chair of the John Hampden Society joins me to talk about this parliamentarian military and political leader. Known as for his civil war regiment of green coats, and opposition to Ship Money tax, Hampden has become an obscure and clouded figure through...
Episode 20 - Civil War Memorial Project
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 15, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutesSend us a Text Message. I chat to Simon Marsh, Battlefield and Threat Co-Ordinator for The Battlefields Trust about an exciting new project aimed at recording all civil war memorials and markers across the world. ▪️How can you get involved? ▪️Hear about some of the lesser-known memorials logg...
Episode 19 - Coleshill Manor (HS2 Discovery)
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - April 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. Stuart Pierson, of Wessex Archaeologist, who appeared on BBC's 'Digging for Britain' joins me to discuss this amazing discovery. The episode brings you the very latest news about the site and its future, and explores the history of Coleshill Manor. I also chat to Warwi...
Episode 18 - Lady Derby & Lathom House
CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words - February 12, 2023 02:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. I speak to Jennifer Kewley Draskau (Senior research Fellow - University of Liverpool) who has written a book about Charlotte, Countess of Derby. The Earl of Derby owned Lathom, and garrisoned it for King Charles I's cause in the Civil War. His wife conducted its defence ...
A Preview of Coming Attractions...
Brothers Pimm - December 08, 2021 22:04 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsNow that Otro Mundo is wrapped, stay tuned for our upcoming adventures! Here are the links we mention in the episode Otro Mundo music by James Franch Andrew Pendergrast's Music Deep Space X Instagram Flatland Games, makers of Action Movie World
Otro Mundo - Chapter 93: Home is Where the Heart Is
Brothers Pimm - December 01, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe crew are on their way home after a quest that nearly destroyed them, but sweet victory is theirs. As they ply the waters back to Tortuga, the future lays ahead of them like an endless sea, bearing us all away into tomorrow...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 92: The Last Stand
Brothers Pimm - November 24, 2021 13:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn the temple of the Tyrant in the center of the Atlantis, only three things remain--raise the dead, kill a god, and escape hell. This is the hour of destiny, inescapable as the tides and implacable as the sea.
Otro Mundo - Chapter 91: The Watchers at the Gates
Brothers Pimm - November 18, 2021 00:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Brethren of the Coast step through the doorway into a restless dream of an angry god--Into Atlantis, into the kingdom at the edge of dreaming, and straight to the palace to meet its bloody king... if they can make it past the gate.
Otro Mundo - Chapter 90: Omatepe
Brothers Pimm - November 10, 2021 14:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe heroes have arrived at the hidden doorway to Atlantis, but to dethrone a demon takes more than just wits and guile. They'll need the help of their allies, their enemies, and even the spirit in the wind to face this challenge--can Sorrowful speak sense to the deathless and secure the city of ...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 89: The Dream Dolphin
Brothers Pimm - November 03, 2021 13:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith their final challenge ahead, the Brethren of the Coast gird themselves for the invasion of Atlantis--but they'll need more than their own strength if they hope to win. Inside Thomas Edge's imagination lies a prison for the Spirit in the Wind, and Sorrowful will need to peer inside and speak...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 88: The Sins of the Father
Brothers Pimm - October 27, 2021 14:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThey've returned to Providence Island, but not alone. A fateful meeting with the crew of Johnny Bibles, Sorrowful's father, awaits them--and according to rumor, the man himself...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 87: In Their Element
Brothers Pimm - October 20, 2021 13:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsAs the Brethren head to Providence Island to learn what became of their Puritan allies, the crew of the Caliban take a moment's rest to recuperate and prepare for their greatest adventure yet. With the Spanish more alert than ever and prices on their heads, it'll take skillful maneuvering to avo...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 86: Ship of Theseus
Brothers Pimm - October 13, 2021 14:43 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsNot content with their mountains of gold, the Brethren of the Coast prepare their mission to travel to the halls of Atlantis and challenge the King who Reigns. They say farewell to their old haunt on Tortuga one last time before making their fateful journey out of history and into myth...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 85: Divvying Up the Loot
Brothers Pimm - October 06, 2021 11:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith the treasure secured, the Brethren of the Coast need to make themselves scarce before the Spanish arrive to investigate--but Mary has one last quest to complete, deep in Atlantis. As they prepare themselves for departure, they'll have to wrap up loose ends with Captain Goodrich and Claes Ge...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 84: Fifty Five Tons
Brothers Pimm - September 29, 2021 13:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThey've made their way into the history books with their daring raid on the treasure fleet, but recovering their gold from the bottom of the channel is a Herculean. Will the Brethren escape with the treasure of their lifetimes, or will Fadrique de Toledo sweep them from Tortuga's shores like so ...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 83: An Historic Occasion
Brothers Pimm - September 22, 2021 12:12 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThey have the magic relics of the Order, now all that remains is to secure their gold with one last desperate play against the treasure fleet. With Piet Hein's attack just two years ago the Spanish are ready for nearly anything--but the Brethren of the Coast have been preparing too...
Otro Mundo - Chapter 82: A Fictive Prison
Brothers Pimm - September 15, 2021 21:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThey've escaped with the reliquary of the Order of Calatrava, but their riches remain uncaptured--the crew, reunited, take a moment to recuperate and check on their fallen comrade Edge. With only a few scant hours until they reach their ambush point, it won't be long before they know if they'll ...
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