The Women of the Stuart Restoration Court with Breeze Barrington

About this episode

Breeze Barrington joins Brendan Dowd to discuss the lives of women at the Stuart Restoration Court as detailed in her book.

Send us Fan Mail Let's bring back the fun! Breeze Barrington joins me to talk The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court. Buy The Graces Check out Breeze's website Support the show

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Dowd

Guest: Breeze Barrington

Topics covered

• Stuart Restoration
• women in history
• court life
• historical biographies
• female empowerment

Keywords

• Stuart Restoration
• women
• court
• history
• biography
• Breeze Barrington
• The Graces

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration Court

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