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Catherine Fletcher

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Catherine Fletcher is a historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe. Her first book, The Divorce of Henry VIII, brought to life the world of the Papal court at the time of the Tudors. Subsequently, Catherine worked with the set team on the BBC's Golden-Globe-winning adaptation of Wolf Hall, advising the production on the historical detail of religious ceremony, dress and furnishings. She broadcasts frequently for BBC Radio on Italian Renaissance history and was a 2015 BBC New Generation Thinker. Catherine now holds the position of Associate Professor in History and Heritage at Swansea University, has previously...

Michael Tackett

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Michael Tackett, a journalist for more than 30 years, is an editor at the New York Times in Washington, after serving as Washington Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg News, and as National Editor for U.S. News. Baseball fanatic, student of politics, exercise enthusiast