St Gennys, Samuel Pepys and an Old Saxon Lament; historian Tom Holland becomes our Honorary Patron

About this episode

Gretel le Maître explores beauty and curiosities in life, featuring historian Tom Holland as a guest.

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time. She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time; the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free. Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, ...

People in this episode

Host: Gretel le Maître

Guest: Tom Holland

Topics covered

• history
• art
• literature
• architecture
• exploration

Keywords

• Gretel le Maître
• Tom Holland
• history
• art
• architecture
• Samuel Pepys
• Old Saxon Lament

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Samuel Pepys, Old Saxon Lament

Places: St Gennys

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