by Christine Trent | Nov 13, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
The Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas through Egypt and thus provides a quicker shipping route from west to east, was inaugurated in an elaborate, weeks-long ceremony in November of 1869. It was promoted not only as an engineering wonder, but...
by Christine Trent | Oct 30, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Imagine the most pestilent, disease-ridden, rat-infested prison in 19th century Great Britain. Now drop those conditions into a harbor and you have a prison hulk. Only used for about a century, these floating dens of misery were responsible for countless prisoner...
by Christine Trent | Oct 16, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Opened on May 1, 1851, by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was the first of the World’s Fair exhibitions of culture and industry. Albert, the Prince Consort, was a major force behind the exhibition, which contained some 100,000 objects, by...
by Christine Trent | Oct 10, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Many of my readers have asked about my brother, who co-hosts my podcast, The Queen is Not Amused. So that you can get to know more about him and how we work together, I’ve asked him to write a blog post to answer the many questions you’ve had about the...
by Christine Trent | Oct 2, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
The causes of the Crimean War (1853-1856) were complicated, as they usually are. During the years leading up to the war, France, Russia and Britain were all competing for influence in the Middle East, particularly with Turkey. In addition, Russia was angry with...
