CW: Spousal abuse, miscarriage. 

In the UK in the early 19th century, married women didn't exist as their own legal entities; they were extensions of their husbands. Caroline Norton's abusive husband took full custody of their children, and Caroline tried to do everything in their power to get them back.

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CW: Spousal abuse, miscarriage. 
In the UK in the early 19th century, married women didn't exist as their own legal entities; they were extensions of their husbands. Caroline Norton's abusive husband took full custody of their children, and Caroline tried to do everything in their power to get them back.
Support Noble Blood:
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— Order Dana's book,<a href="https://read.macmillan.com/lp/anatomy-a-love-story/"> 'Anatomy: A Love Story' </a>and its sequel <a href="https://read.macmillan.com/lp/immortality-a-love-story/">'Immortality: A Love Story'</a>

Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history&rsquo;s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you&rsquo;re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

Noble Blood

Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood. New episodes every two weeks, on Tuesdays.

Caroline Norton Balancing the Scales of Justice

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CW: murder, gore.

Sister Virgina (born Marianna) had made a terrible choice in secret lovers. When a young secular boarder at the convent where she was a nun threatened to expose her illicit relationship with a neighboring nobleman, the man killed the young boarder. Together they tried to cover up the crime, but there would be no way for Marianna to run from her sins forever.

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CW: murder, gore.
Sister Virgina (born Marianna) had made a terrible choice in secret lovers. When a young secular boarder at the convent where she was a nun threatened to expose her illicit relationship with a neighboring nobleman, the man killed the young boarder. Together they tried to cover up the crime, but there would be no way for Marianna to run from her sins forever.
 Support Noble Blood:
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— Order Dana's book, '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840578/anatomyalovestory">Anatomy: A Love Story</a>' and its sequel '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861016/immortalityalovestory">Immortality: A Love Story</a>'

The Nun of Monza, Part 2

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For plenty of young women in the early modern era, if their families couldn't afford their dowries, they simply shipped them off to a nunnery. That was the case for Marianna, a young girl who rose in the ranks of her monastery as an exemplary nun... until she crossed paths with the rakish nobleman who lived in the estate next door. 

Support Noble Blood:
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For plenty of young women in the early modern era, if their families couldn't afford their dowries, they simply shipped them off to a nunnery. That was the case for Marianna, a young girl who rose in the ranks of her monastery as an exemplary nun... until she crossed paths with the rakish nobleman who lived in the estate next door. Support Noble Blood: — <a href="https://www.patreon.com/noblebloodtales">Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon</a> — <a href="https://store.dftba.com/collections/noble-blood">Noble Blood merch</a> — Order Dana's book, '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840578/anatomyalovestory">Anatomy: A Love Story</a>' and its sequel '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861016/immortalityalovestory">Immortality: A Love Story</a>'

The Nun of Monza, Part 1

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Why did the Roman Empire do away with kings? Simone de Beauvior would write that, through women, "certain historical events have been set off, but the women have been pretexts rather than agents. The suicide of Lucretia has had value only as symbol." CW: Sexual assault, suicide

Support Noble Blood:
— Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon
— Noble Blood merch
— Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'

Why did the Roman Empire do away with kings? Simone de Beauvior would write that, through women, "certain historical events have been set off, but the women have been pretexts rather than agents. The suicide of Lucretia has had value only as symbol." CW: Sexual assault, suicide Support Noble Blood: — <a href="https://www.patreon.com/noblebloodtales">Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon</a> — <a href="https://store.dftba.com/collections/noble-blood">Noble Blood merch</a> — Order Dana's book, '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840578/anatomyalovestory">Anatomy: A Love Story</a>' and its sequel '<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861016/immortalityalovestory">Immortality: A Love Story</a>'

Lucretia as a Symbol

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Caroline Norton Balancing the Scales of Justice

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