Victoria’s World

Join Noah Tetzner as he chats with historian Daniel Allen Butler in part two of two about the history of the Royal Navy and its growth in the Victorian era. This is the final installment of Victoria's World.

Daniel Allen Butler is maritime historian and bestselling author of Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic.

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Join Noah Tetzner for a conversation with Gabriel Chrisman about the inventions and technology found in the ordinary homes of the middle-class Victorians. Gabriel is Co-founder of ThisVictorianLife.com and a renowned speaker on Victorian Era technology. Additionally, he is the creator of VictorianCycles.com, a business dedicated to reconstructing authentic Victorian bicycles.

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In this episode Noah chats with Rob from the popular YouTube channel, Britishmuzzleloaders, about the weapons used by the British Army during Victoria’s reign. They talk about the escalation of weapon technology, the evolution of the musket/rifle, and much more. Rob’s YouTube channel has amassed over 40,000 subscribers and explores many aspects of Victorian firearms. Be sure to head to that page for more information.

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Join Noah Tetzner for an in-depth conversation with historian Andrew Lambert about the myths surrounding the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade, made famous, of course, by the famous Tennyson poem. They talk about the backdrop, recpurcussions, and legacy of the conflict.

Professor Andrew Lambert –is Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King’s College. Professor Lambert is the author of numerous books pertaining to military and naval history and has written multiple books on the Crimean War.

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Join Noah Teztner for a conversation with historian and historical interpreter Brandon F. on the British Raids in Wituland during the 1890s. Brandon is a renowned historical YouTuber and historian who provides fascinating lessons in history via his YouTube channel of over 50,000 subscribers.

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On the eighth episode of Victoria's World, Noah chats with with military historian Ian Beckett about the British experience during the Boer War (1899 – 1902), one of the more complicated engagements in British military history.

A retired Professor of Military History from the University of Kent, Professor Beckett has an international reputation for his work on the history of the British army and has written several books about the topic. 

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On episode six of Victoria's World, Noah chats with Professor Susan Wolfson about one of the grandest sensations of the Victorian era: Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. They discuss the origin stories of Frankenstein ("the house party of the year"), why the book resonated with the people of the period, and much more.

Professor Wolfson is Professor of English at Princeton University and an expert in Romantic Era literature.

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Welcome back! In this episode, Noah Tetzner chats with Dr. John Laband about the famous battle of Rorke's Drift, during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, a battle which actually took place on this day 141 years ago!

Professor Laband is a historian of war and society in Africa and a retired professor from Wilfrid-Laurier University. He is an expert on the Anglo-Zulu War and has written several books about the conflict.

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Welcome back to Victoria's World with Noah Tetzner. In this episode, Noah chats with podcaster, editor, and teacher, Heidi White (managing editor of FORMA Journal and co-host of the Close Reads Podcast), about the very Victorian poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson, one of the most important and popular literary figures of the Victorian era. They chat about the nature of his work, the way it reflects the era, and much more.

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Here in episode 3, Noah chats with Judith Flanders, a New York Times best-selling author and one of the foremost social historians of the Victorian Era. Together, they take a journey across Victorian London and look at it through the eyes of Charles Dickens, one of the most important figures of the era.

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In episode two, host Noah Tetzner chats with Professor Carol Reynolds about music in the Victorian era. They chat about theatrical partnerships, folk traditions, English Opera, and much more.

Dr Reynolds is an expert in the history of music and fine art. For more than 20 years, Carol was associate professor of music history at the Meadow School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

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Welcome to the debut episode of Victoria's World, a podcast about life and death in the age of Queen Victoria. Here in episode one, host Noah Tetzner chats with Sarah Chrisman about what everyday life was like during the age. Sarah Chrisman is author of This Victorian Life: Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology and several other popular books on the Victorian Era.

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