THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR
Sony Music Entertainment
Outreach Signals
Publishing Details
Contact & Outreach
About This Podcast
Social Media
Explore Statistics
Recent Episodes
You may also like: Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Hey Dan here. Here’s a podcast from none other than TIH alumna, producer Georgia Mills! If you can’t get enough of historical failure after History’s Greatest Fails, give Cautionary Tales a listen.…
S10E3 S10 E3 | LOVEBOMBING
Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And the best way to keep the people on your side is through their stomachs. It’s a lesson King Edward IV has yet to…
S10E2 S10 E2 | Rise of the Woodvilles
Edward IV marries in secret, then springs the news like a trap. England’s new Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, arrives with two sons, a Lancastrian past, and a family ready to take their chance. When the…
S10E1 S10 E1 | A New Hope
A 13-year-old girl labours in a sealed chamber at Pembroke Castle as the plague circles them. Miraculously, Margaret Beaufort survives. Her son does, too. His name is Henry Tudor. This birth…
You may also like: Hidden History with Dr Harini Bhat
Hello from Dan! Don’t fret. There’s nothing happening to This Is History! I thought I’d give you a little treat ahead of Season 11 of A Dynasty to Die For. The excellent Dr Harini Bhat has kindly…
S10 Introducing… Season Ten of a Dynasty to Die For
Three brothers. One crown. And no ounce of loyalty between them. In the final Plantagenet season of A Dynasty to Die For, Dan Jones traces the spectacular implosion of a dynasty that defined…
S9E19 War — History’s Ultimate Failure
Elizabeth Day grew up in Belfast and would as a child walk past the most bombed hotel in Europe. Dan Jones recalls a Croatian widow whose husband went out for bread and never returned. In this…
S9E18 Ear Today, Gone Tomorrow: Van Gogh’s Guide to Artistic Failure
If you’re an artist, when would you like recognition to strike? Do you want it to be in your lifetime, only to be forgotten decades after your death? Or do you want to remain undiscovered, with your…
S9E17 Why isn’t Leonardo Da Vinci remembered as an engineer?
If you judge him by his own elaborate metrics, Leonardo da Vinci was a failure. Long before the Mona Lisa became shorthand for genius, Leonardo imagined himself as something else entirely: a…
S9E16 How, exactly, does a woman ‘slip’ out of history?
What would you do if your life was omitted, reduced to an overlooked footnote, or filed away as an anomaly? In this episode, Dan and Elizabeth turn a lens on the practice of history itself,…
S9E15 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn are the Ross and Rachel of history
To love is to risk heartbreak. And while for some, breakups result in renewal, maybe some therapy (or a few months’ spent wallowing), for the historical figures of this episode… a relationship’s…
S9E14 Was Richard III a Failure?
He died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. And we haven’t been able to stop talking about him since. Yes, it’s time to consider the story of England’s last Plantagenet king, Richard III — a…
S9 Get in loser, we’re making history
We’re often taught that history’s written by the winners. But we’d like to argue that, in fact, it’s the losers who end up making history. In this brand new miniseries from Dan Jones and Elizabeth…
S9E12 S9 E12 | Rise of the Yorks
To learn more about the last time an English king was usurped, listen to Season 7, Bonus Episode 12, where Dan tells the story of Henry VI’s grandfather, Henry Bolingbroke. In 1399, he toppled…
S9E11 S9 E11 | The Pact
Royal favourites, we want your voice notes in our new miniseries on historical failures. Look out for Producer Al’s callout post on patreon.com/thisishistory. It’s there where you can listen to this…
S9E10 S9 E10 | The Battle of St Albans
Royal favourites, we want your voice notes in our new miniseries on historical failures. Look out for Producer Al’s callout post on patreon.com/thisishistory. It’s there where you can listen to this…
S9E9 S9 E9 | Madness Descends
Royal favourites, we want your voice notes in our new miniseries on historical failures. Look out for Producer Al’s callout post on patreon.com/thisishistory. It’s there where you can listen to this…
S9E8 S9 E8 | Royal Blood
Royal favourites, we want your voice notes in our new miniseries on historical failures. Look out for Producer Al’s callout post on patreon.com/thisishistory. There you can also listen to this…
S9E7 S9 E7 | Cade’s Rebellion
Don’t forget! Dan’s gifted you his favourite bonus episode from this season. To listen for free, simply search for the last episode before this one. England is descending into mob rule. Henry VI has…
S9 Was the Queen of England a French spy?
Hello! We’ve gifted one of Dan’s favourite bonus episodes from Season 9 just for you. To listen to all bonus episodes, ad-free, subscribe at patreon.com/thisishistory Dan and Producer Al explore the…
Frequently Asked Questions
THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR has published 179 episodes since August 2022, covering topics in History, Society & Culture.
THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 27m.
Sign up on Grep.FM to access contact details for THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR, including email and social media links.
Similar Podcasts
Sword and Scale
Sword and Scale
105 episodes
Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries
202 episodes
Radiolab
WNYC Studios
656 episodes
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
489 episodes
True Crime Garage
TRUE CRIME GARAGE
937 episodes
Stuff You Missed in History Class
iHeartPodcasts
2,710 episodes