Marriage Edition: Love & Lust (Off the Record)

Welcome to another Sunday Funday of Off the Record with Amy & Rebecca!

This time I take the lead (forgive me - I’m still getting used to that 😅) as we dive into a few Tudor and Elizabethan relationships that have always fascinated me. We talk about the secret love affair between Margaret Douglas and Lord Thomas Howard, the scandalous marriage of Bess Throckmorton and Walter Raleigh, and the explosive court drama surrounding Anne Vavasour and Edward de Vere.

Then Amy does what Amy does best and ties a beautiful bow on the whole conversation by exploring one of the most complicated relationship dynamics of the era: Bess of Hardwick, George Talbot, and Mary, Queen of Scots.

It’s messy, dramatic, and full of the kind of court intrigue we love to talk about - exactly what a Sunday Funday should be.

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Hosts: Rebecca Larson & Amy McElroy