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Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that bring the past to life. Alfred is the only English king to be called "The Great". But how did he earn that accolade? Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that bring the past to life. The real story behind the film, "Pressure", of Group Captain Stagg and his crucial weather forecasts in June 1944. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that bring the past to life. The forgotten 20-year colonial war in Africa, that British fought against one of her most tenacious and elusive opponents. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, Alfred the Great's daughter, who took England's fight to the Vikings. Interested in a course about Anglo-Saxon England? Register your interest by clicking here: Support My Shows: Become A Patron https://www.thehistorychap.com/Supporters-club Make a Donation buymeacoffee.com/thehistorychap Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The audacious plot to kidnap the future King William IV during the American Revolution. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Rhorke's Drift: The Commander Who Wasn't There Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The story of Major Henry Spalding, the man who should have been in command at the battle of Rorke's Drift, but who had ridden off a few hours before the Zulus attacked. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. In this episode we explore how the death of a forgotten heir to the Tudor throne, resulted in Henry VIII becoming king and, ultimately, the English Reformation, the dissolution of the monasteries, and the break between the Church of England and the Pope in Rome. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message The real historical events that inspired "The Four Feathers" Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message The story of Thomas Highgate, the first of the 346 soldiers executed by the British during the First World War. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message On 14th June 1381, a 14-year-old king rode out to face an army of his own people. London was burning, the Tower of London had been stormed, and the Chancellor's head lay on Tower Hill.  How had England come to this? The Peasants' Revolt 1381. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. In the light of all the news about the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in London, I want to go behind the headlines of the Battle of hastings, Harold & William, and find out what really happened in England in 1066. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The film Zulu made the Battle of Rorke's Drift legendary, but it turned its most important defender into a footnote. In the 1964 classic, James Langley Dalton appears as a quiet, effete commissariat clerk who hands out ammunition and fires not a shot, and somehow ended up with a Victoria Cross. The real story, however, is far different, and far more exciting.   Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message A Strange Memorial in a British military cemetery in Malta, recalls a forgotten story from the First World War. Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show

Send me a message The story of Alfred before he was great. The Viking invasion of Wessex during the winter of  870/871 - 6 great battles - and the rise of a king who would save England. Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Get my Free weekly newsletter Support My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A Coffee Support the show