S2E7 Pinpricks of Light

Caroline Herschel stares at the stars. Recognition as an astronomer and scientist seems further away than even the most distant constellations. But her discovery of comets and her love for her work is contagious. It's not long before Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, takes notice...  Remember to subscribe, rate and review!    Join the conversation using #OutliersPod @hrp_palaces or @therustyquill    Discover the history behind Outliers - blog.hrp.org.uk    Transcript - https://bit.ly/2Eb69UG   Written by Eli Barraza   Performed by Aletta Lohmeyer   Produced by Adam Sibbald, Claudia Strange, and Alexander J Newall with April Sumner   Script edited by Sarah Kilby    Directed by Alexander J Newall    Edited by Michelle O'Toole and Alexander J Newall   Main theme arranged by Samuel D F Jones, adapted by Domini Hooper and Nick Hart from the original 17th century ballad 'The Sea Martyrs'.    Additional Music by Samuel D F Jones    Artwork by Lyndon White Additional SFX from aldynool, NikosDemetriou, dersuperanton, kmyers1316, YleArkisto, ivolipa, kmyers1316, buzzatsea, kyles, MoKoLoKo, laft2k, rempen, ALLANZ10D, Adam_N, Aiwha, indirect and previously credited artists via Freesound.org     For more information visit www.hrp.org.uk/learning www.RustyQuill.com/outliers   This podcast was created by Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill. It is distributed under a creative commons attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.