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6.26 Virginia Hall (3) The Devil in the Dog Collar

6.25 Virginia Hall (2) The Limping Lady of Lyon

6.24 Virginia Hall (1) A companion called Cuthbert

6.23 Noor Inayat Khan (2) Night and fog

6.22 Noor Inayat Khan (1) The Pacifist Princess

6.21 Christine Granville (4) The Countess Below Decks

6.20 Christine Granville (3) The Digne Jailbreak

6.19 Christine Granville (2) Wanted: Dead or Alive

6.18 Christine Granville (1) The spy who skied in from the cold

6.17: The Nurse, the Doctor and the Governess

6.16 Mata Hari (4) The death of two women

6.15 Mata Hari (3) Red or Black

6.14 Mata Hari (2) Like a butterfly in the sun

6.13 Mata Hari (1) Born from ruin

6.12 Gabrielle Petit (2) The spy who laughed

6.11 Gabrielle Petit (1) Born to defy

6.10 Edith Cavell (3) The price of defiance

6.09 Edith Cavell (2) Under the Eagle's Shadow

6.08 Edith Cavell (1) Belgium's Florence Nightingale

6.07 Elizabeth Van Lew (3) Exhuming a hero

6.06 Elizabeth Van Lew (2) The Spy and the Beast

6.05 Elizabeth Van Lew (1) My country, oh my country!

6.04 Policarpa Salavarrieta: The Seamstress Spy

6.03 Jane Whorwood (2) Agent 409

6.02 Jane Whorwood (1) The gold smuggler royal

6.01 Sisterhood of Spies: History's greatest female secret agents

Get ready for Season 6!

5.24 Cixi (3) Here we coup again

5.23 Cixi (2) Reigning in the Regencies

5.22 Cixi (1) Entering The Great Within

5.21 Lola Montez (3) Whipped into shape

5.20 Lola Montez (2) Awakening a volcano

5.19 Lola Montez (1) Ireland, India and Infamy RE-UPLOAD

5.18 Manuela Sáenz (3) The Unburied Woman of Paita

5.17 Manuela Sáenz (2) The Liberator of the Liberator

5.16 Manuela Sáenz (1) La Libertadora

5.15 Sally Hemings (2) Sally's Choice

5.14 Sally Hemings (1) Keeping it in the family

5.13 Madame de Pompadour (3) After us, the Flood

5.12 Madame de Pompadour (2) The Fishes Daughter

5.11 Madame de Pompadour (1) The little Queen

5.10 Hortense Mancini (2) Queen of the Amazons

Podcast Update - I'm coming back!

Podcast update

5.09 Hortense Mancini (1) The runaway Mazarinette

5.08 Roxelana (3) A tale of two princes

5.07 Roxelana (2) From 'sold meat' to Sultana

5.06 Roxelana (1) Revolutionary monogamy

5.05 Lady Nijo: The confessions of a concubine

5.04 Servilia (2) The mother of an honourable man

5.03 Servilia (1) Lover of Caesar

5.02 Aspasia of Miletus: Notorious woman of Athens

5.01 Rulers' Mistresses: History's Other Women

4.26 Pascalina Lehnert (2) The powerful virgin

4.25 Pascalina Lehnert (1) Dealing with devils

4.24 Christina of Sweden (4) The uninvited pest

SUPPLEMENTAL: Elizabeth to Elizabeth, British Royal Funerals since 1603

4.23 Christina of Sweden (3) Queen of the Flying Squadron

4.22 Christina of Sweden (2) The road to Rome

4.21 Christina of Sweden (1) Athena of the North

4.20 Olimpia Maidalchini (2) Innocent's dominatrix

4.19 Olimpia Maidalchini (1) Electing a female pope

4.18 Felice della Rovere (2) The Temporal Mother of Bracciano

4.17 Felice della Rovere (1) Aboard the matrimonial carousel

4.16 Lucrezia Borgia (3) A pearl in this world

4.15 Lucrezia Borgia (2) Chestnuts and mares

4.14 Lucrezia Borgia (1) The loose end

4.13 Caterina Sforza (3) A daughter of iniquity

4.12 Caterina Sforza (2) The Tigress of Forli

4.11 Caterina Sforza (1) Veni, vidi, da Vinci

4.10 Catherine of Siena (2) Setting the world on fire

4.09 Catherine of Siena (1) Speaking truth to power

CHAT: Hallie Rubenold on the victims of Jack the Ripper

4.08 Joanna of Naples (4) The new Jezebal

4.07 Joanna of Naples (3) Return of the Queen

4.06 Joanna of Naples (2) On trial for her life

4.05 Joanna of Naples (1) Two houses both alike in dignity

4.04 Marozia: Ruling the Pornocracy

4.03 Pope Joan: What is myth can never die

4.02 Pontifact's Bry Jensen on the Papacy

4.01 Popesses: Female power and the papacy

CHAT: Ellen Alpsten on The Tsarina's Daughter

3.21 The Samurai, the Wrestler and the Slave

3.20 Rani of Jhansi (2) Written in blood that cannot be erased

Chat: Clare Miles, the Hisdoryan

3.19 Rani Laksmibai of Jhansi: I will not give up my Jhansi

CHAT: Elodie Harper on 'The Wolf Den'

3.18 Emilia Plater: Poland is not yet lost

3.17 Sacagawea (3): A tool of divine direction

3.16 Sacagawea (2) Journey to the past

3.15 Sacagawea (1) Go west young woman

3.14 Njinga (3) Angolan Gloriana

3.13 Njinga (2) Life on the Run

3.12 Njinga (1): Rise of an African Queen

3.11 Joan of Arc (4) Ever Shining, Ever Glorious

3.10 Joan of Arc (3) Out of fear of the fire

3.09 Joan of Arc (2) God's Will is Done

3.08 Joan of Arc (1) The Maid of Orléans

3.07 Tamar of Georgia (2) The Lioness of the Caucasus

3.06 Tamar of Georgia (1) King of Kings, Queen of Queens

3.05 Hua Mulan: As useful as a son

3.04 Trung Truc: Here come the drums

3.03 Boudica (2) A woman of many faces

3.02 Boudica (1) Warrior Woman of the Iceni

3.01 Folk Heroines: The Women who Built Nations

2.41 Ena of Battenberg (3) A Final Triumph

2.40 Ena of Battenberg (2) Oh what a life for the Queen of Spain!

2.39 Ena of Battenberg (1) Naming the King's Yacht

2.38 Missy of Edinburgh (6) Living in memory of the past

CHAT: Ellen Alpsten on Tsarina

2.37 Missy of Edinburgh (5) Mother-in-law of the Balkan

2.36 Missy of Edinburgh (4) The only man in Romania

2.35 Missy of Edinburgh (3) Queen at last

2.34 Missy of Edinburgh (2) Isolation and Scandal

2.33 Missy of Edinburgh (1) Quitting the Old Harbour

MOVIE NIGHT: Nicholas and Alexandra

2.32 Alix of Hesse (7) The House of Special Purpose

2.31 Alix of Hesse (6) The Shadow of Rasputin

2.30 Alix of Hesse (5) Sister Alexandra

MOVIE NIGHT: Anastasia

2.29 Alix of Hesse (4) The acquaintance of man of God

2.28 Alix of Hesse (3) A terrible Damoclean uncertainty

Supplemental - Anna Guerin: The Poppy Lady from France

2.27 Alix of Hesse (2) The truly believing Alexandra Feodorovna

2.26 Alix of Hesse (1): Love, faith and conscience

2.25 Ella (4) The darkness in the midst of a storm

2.24 Ella (3) The First Lady of Moscow

2.23 Ella (2) Coronation and conversion

2.22 Ella (1) Hesse's Helen

2.21 Maud of Wales (2) The reluctant queen

2.20 Maud of Wales (1) Princess Harry

2.19 Sophia (4) Triumph and disaster

2.18 Sophia (3) Stabbed in the back

2.17 Sophia (2) The Great Idea

2.16 Sophia (1) Fulfilling the prophecy

2.15 Helena and Louise: The other daughters

2.14 Beatrice (3) A long retirement

MOVIE NIGHT: Mrs Brown

2.13 Beatrice (2) The Last Princess

2.12 Beatrice (1): The Flower of the Flock

2.11 Alice (3) A Life Cut Short

State of the Podcast Address

2.10 Alice: The Hessian Nightingale

2.9 Alice (1) Her Father's Daughter

2.8 Vicky (6) The 99 Day Empress

2.7 Vicky (5) The Fear of What Might Happen

2.6 Vicky (4) Iron, Blood and Unification

2.5 Vicky (3) Meet the Hohenzollerns

2.4 Vicky (2): Her Special Mission

2.3 Vicky (1) The British Princess Royal and the Prussian Prince

2.2 The Matriarch of Europe

2.1 The Mothers of World War I: The Daughters and Granddaughters of Queen Victora

1.20 Statilia Messalina

1.19 Poppaea Sabina: A Cruel and Devious Woman

1.18 Claudia Octavia: A Wife's Ruin

1.17 Agrippina Minor (6): Smite My Womb

1.16 Agrippina Minor (5) A Meddling Mother

1.15 Agrippina Minor (4) Murder by Mushrooms

1.14 Agrippina Minor (3) Partner in Power

1.13 Agrippina Minor (2): In Want of a Husband

1.12 Agrippina Minor (1): Daughter & Sister

Supplemental: The Royal Wedding Special

1.11 Valeria Messalina (2): Her Highness the Whore

1.10 Valeria Messalina (1): A Jealous and Suspicious Mind

1.9 Caligula's Wives

1.8 Livia Drusilla (6) Princeps Femina

1.7 Livia Drusilla (5): Julia Augusta

1.6 Livia Drusilla (4): Murderous Machiavellian Matriarch?

1.5 Livia Drusilla (3): Ulysses in a Petticoat

1.4 Livia Drusilla (2): The Anti-Cleopatra

1.3 Livia Drusilla (1): The Whims of Fate

1.2 The Fall of the Roman Republic

1.1 The First First Ladies of Rome

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