Rogues Gallery Uncovered

Its "All Aboard" when the 18th century British navy's most promiscuous sailor puts into as many ports as he can, with Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.
Enjoy a salty tale of multiple mistresses, naughty nunneries, and opera.

• How many brothels did the English Casanova visit in one day?
• What did he wear when looking for love beneath bridges?
• Why was he forever grateful to a horse
• Did he ever have enough energy to do any sailing?

All of these questions and many more will be answered in episode 34 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
Naval Officer, Politician, Admiral and member of the British aristocracy, Hervey is one of the Georgian era's most colourful characters and possibly the greatest shagger in Naval history. Hoist your mainsail and enjoy this episode.

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Brawling, duelling, thievery and seduction with the 17th century's most enthusiastic woman warrior, and a pivitol figure in LGBTQ+ history - Catalina de Erauso.
Its a bloody tale of senseless violence, nunnery escapades, greed, unbelievable coincidences and the Pope.

• Why did Catalina disguise herself as a man?
• How many times did she lose her temper and kill someone?
• What made her apologise profusely to her brother?
• Who was "The Cid"?

All this and so much more will be answered in episode 31 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
Subject of the book Lieutenant Nun, this cross-dressing female soldier and adventuress was one of the most fascinating - and possibly violent - women in history. Her gender identity may forever be a mystery, but her bravery was in no doubt. She remains a unique figure in Basque history and the history of the ‘New World.’
Dress however you please and enjoy this episode.

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Enjoy non stop 19th century sexcapades with Queen Victoria's most prolific swordsman and erotic wordsmith - Edward Sellon.
Its a shameless tale of peeping, pooping, penile stamina and pistols.

• Why should ladies refrain from playing hide and seek with him?
• How many 'affairs' could he conduct at any one time?
• What's the worst thing that can happen when cleaning a sailing ship?
• Should he have been allowed anywhere near a girls boarding school?

The answers to these and equally sleazy questions can all be found in episode 32 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
A titan of erotic literature, the soldier, adventurer, and infamous British army officer combined a less than stellar military career with some of the biggest scandals of the Victorian era. If you're a fan of erotica, erotic literature, military history, sexual exploration, the British Empire or smut then you'll find something to arouse you in this episode.

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Enjoy a spectacular bender in Victorian London with one of the 19th century's most prolific party animals, Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings.
It's a convivial tale of alehouses, drinking,rat baiting, dancing girls, drinking, outrageous pranks,menacing Scandinavians....... and drinking.

• Why should you always dance with a pocketful of coins?
• Who looked like "a giant blancmange"?
• What is so dangerous about Ratcliffe Highway?
• How much booze can four gentlemen of quality put away in a night?

All will be revealed in episode 30 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - The podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
Come on an exhausting tour of public houses , taverns, and gin palaces alongside a pioneer of drinking culture and arch enemy of the Temperance Movement. The alcohol consumption is heroic, the drunkenness extreme and somewhere among the gin haze is a bit of social history. Grab a beer, say 'Damm your eyes' to prohibition and enjoy this episode...God Save Queen Victoria!

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Ramble on in search of filth with Restoration England's most promiscuous, booze addled, royalty offending, saucy genius - Restoration poet and libertine, John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester.

It's a disgraceful double-ended tale of Italian sex woodwork, highway robbery, park abuse and rhyming couplets.

• How many years did Rochester spend permanently drunk?
• How offensive was the poem he accidentally gave to King Charles II?
• What happened under the shrubbery in Hyde park when the sun went down?
• Was Rochester brilliant or awful or both?

The answer to these and so many more questions will be answered in episode 35 of Rogues Gallery Uncovered - the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
He was the most outrageous character in 17th century London whose scandalous life and bawdy satire shocked the royal court - and even offended king Charles II.
Is his infamous reputation as a debauchee well deserved? open a bottle of claret, loosen your doublet and find out.

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