Historical Trips 2019 Brochure by Specialist Journeys

2019 Brochure

WELCOME Andalus Moorish Spain 711-1492

We Happy Few 1337 - 1453

Darts of Love 1509 - 1547

Medieval England 1066 - 1485

Richard III 1483 - 1485

Poland at War 1939 - 1945 18

First Impressions 1860 - 1905

Women of the SOE 1940 - 1945

Why travel with Historical Trips?

What can you expect from your tour? New for 2019 - Guaranteed Departures! Based on feedback from you, our valued guests, we have made the decision to guarantee a selection of our departures. So now, you can book your Historical Trip with confidence. If your chosen tour isn’t yet showing as guaranteed, don’t worry – it just means that your booking will take us one step closer to guaranteeing it! Expert Guide Lecturers Historians, authors and even broadcasters make up our roster of expert Guide Lecturers. At the heart of every tour, our guides add both a fascinating new dimension of understanding and unique insight into your chosen trip’s period of history. Special Access Our little black book allows us to secure privileged access to museums and sites alike, so your chosen tour may just include an experience you simply won’t be able to find elsewhere. Personal encounters, private entry and more await.

Peace of mind When you choose to travel with Historical Trips, you can rest assured that every detail is taken care of so that you can lose yourself in the stories of the past. From meals and hotels, to transport throughout – we’ve got it all covered.

Meet our Guides Roger Moorhouse Join Roger on Poland at War......................................... pg 18

Clare Mulley Join Clare on Women of the SOE.............................. pg 20

Military fort at night, Jersey

Elizabeth Norton Join Elizabeth on Darts of Love.......................................... pg 14

What’s included on my tour? Here, at Historical Trips, history is something that never gets old. We are always searching for new ways to tell iconic stories through immersive site visits, captivating lectures given by leading experts in their filed, and the chance to walk in the footsteps of important figures throughout time – no matter how revered or infamous. From comfortable, hand-picked accommodation and the expertise of our fantastic Guide Lecturers, to all transport throughout your tour, we take care of the details so that you can experience history, uninterrupted. What’s more, we also strongly believe that experiencing the culture of a destination enhances your understanding of it, so we have worked to include a number of authentic encounters along the way that will showcase the true flavour of the place you’re visiting. • Hand-picked accommodation • Expert Guide Lecturers • All travel throughout the tour

Rafael Anderson Join Rafael on Andalus .......................................................pg 6

Dr. Ailsa Mainman Join Ailsa on Medieval England.....................................pg 8

Michael Jones Join Michael on We Happy Few...................................... pg 10 Richard III................................................. pg 12

Our price promise This brand new programme is extra special because we have reworked a few things to ensure that we provide optimum value. We also promise that when we launch our new tours, our lowest prices are made available to you from the beginning. It pays to book early as prices may increase as the departure approaches.

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Andalus

Moorish Spain (711 - 1492) 8 Days | 8th - 15th May £2,495 | Single Supp: £495

The Alcázar of Seville, Spain

• Spend time wandering around the beautiful Alcázar of Seville, with its rich Islamic artistic legacy • Discover the magnificent Alhambra palace and fortress complex • Enjoy a taste of authenticity with a traditional flamenco performance For over 500 years, Moorish Spain – Al-Andalus – was the most culturally advanced corner of Europe, an engine-room of science, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, poetry, architecture and agriculture that outstripped anything comparable within Christendom at the time. German writers of the 10th century described Cordoba as ‘the ornament of the world’, so in awe were they of its sophistication. While London was still a collection of mud huts by the Thames, Moorish cities enjoyed street-lighting and sanitation, and their inhabitants ate exotic foods such as artichokes, rice, spinach, oranges and saffron that were unknown north of the Pyrenees. Much of what we consider part of our own cultural identity – anything from superstitions about the number 13 to the higher mathematics that helped men to land on the moon – stems from Al-Andalus. 6

Day 1 We fly to Málaga and drive to Ronda. In the evening, we have an introductory lecture followed by dinner as a group. Hotel: Overnight in Ronda Meals: Dinner included Day 2 In the morning, we head out for an exciting exploration of Moorish Ronda, taking in the city walls, the Moorish Bath House and the Casa del Rey Moro, which was built in the 18th century. Here, we see an Islamic stairway of over 300 steps carved into the rock that lead down to a river at the bottom of the gorge. This structure allowed Ronda’s water supplies to remain available during attacks. In the afternoon, we drive to Córdoba, where we stay overnight. Hotel: Overnight in Córdoba Meals: All meals included Day 3 A leisurely stroll through the old city gets our day off to a glorious start. We take in the outside of the Great Mosque, the Convivencia Museum, the bridge and finally the remains of the Moorish water wheel. Situated next to a Roman bridge, this wheel was once used to carry river water up to the Emir’s palace. In the afternoon, we are treated to a tour of the Great Mosque’s stunning interior and iconic archways. Building began in 784 under the Caliph, Abd al-Rahman, and continued for two centuries. At the heart of Córdoba, ‘the beauty of the mosque was so dazzling that it defied any description.’ Hotel: Overnight in Córdoba Meals: All meals included

Spain

Córdoba

Seville

Granada Ronda Malaga

Led by Rafael Anderson An architect, writer and historian, Rafael runs an architectural practice in Granada that specialises in the preservation of historic building fabric. He has also lectured widely on Spanish history and the Islamic legacy of al-Andalus.

Day 4 Today, we take a walk around the Jewish quarter, stopping off first at the famous Averroes statue. We then visit the old synagogue and Jewish House before moving on to the spectacular Alcázar. In the afternoon, we visit the impressive ruins of a fortified Arab Muslim medieval palace city known as Madinat al-Zahra (Medina Azahara), ‘the shining city’, and have a tour of the site, which is located to the west of Córdoba. We then travel onwards to Seville, where we stay for the night. Hotel: Overnight in Seville Meals: All meals included Day 5 In the morning, we visit the legendary Alcázar, a spectacular Moorish style royal palace built by a Christian king at the same time that the Alhambra was being constructed in Granada. We hear about the Islamic artistic legacy that survived the Reconquest and was continued by those Moors, the Mudejars, who remained in what became Christian lands. In the afternoon, we visit the Torre del Orro, which is a dodecagonal military watchtower that served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Later, we take a tour of the cathedral, which was built on the site of the old Almohad Mosque, and we climb the Giralda Tower, previously known as the Almohad minaret, which is now a bell tower. In the evening, we experience an authentic taste of the ancient culture here with a flamboyant Flamenco show. Hotel: Overnight in Seville Meals: All meals included Day 6 Our day starts with a journey to Granada and upon arrival, in the afternoon, we pay a visit to the magnificent Alhambra palace and fortress complex. Built towards the end of the Moorish rule of Spain, poets described this structure as “a pearl set in emeralds,” an obvious allusion to the colour of its buildings and the woods that surround them. As part of our tour of the iconic Alhambra, we also spend some time at the adjoining Generalife Palace – the summer residence and country estate of the Nasrid Kings. The gardens here are especially beautiful. Hotel: Overnight in Granada Meals: All meals included Day 7 We spend our penultimate day exploring more of this region’s wonderful sites. We begin at Carmen de los Mártires, situated behind the Alhambra and where Christian captives were held during

Statue of Averroes the battle for Granada. Here, we see its spectacular gardens and admire views over the Sierra Nevada mountains. After lunch, we visit the Corral del Carbon – the oldest Moorish monument in Granada. Built in the 14th century by Yusuf I, it served as a coal yard and warehouse. Finally, we tour the cathedral, whose Royal Chapel is the final resting place of Ferdinand and Isabella, who conquered Granada and brought Moorish Spain to an end. In the evening, we enjoy a traditional Moorish dinner. Hotel: Overnight in Granada Meals: All meals included Day 8 We take a stroll around the old Moorish quarter of Albaicín, walking up to the Mirador de San Nicolás, where we look towards the Alhambra. We then head for Málaga Airport, from where we catch our return flight home. Meals: Breakfast included

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Medieval England

Joint Tour With Andante Travels

The Abbeys of Medieval England (1066 - 1485) 7 Days | 17th - 23th June £2,005 | Single Supp: £395

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Beverley Minster

• Visit Beverley Minster, often referred to as one of England’s most beautiful churches • Explore the impressive ruins of Rievaulx Abbey • Walk through the remains of a medieval village at Wharram Percy From castles and great abbeys to peasant villages, the Medieval period has left a lasting mark on the English landscape. Discover a world where displays of extravagance and power dominated the English countryside, and where a focus on religion led to spectacular places of worship. Walk among magnificent monasteries and ragged ruins, being transported back to the Middle Ages. Our brand new Medieval England tour offers an exploration of life in all echelons of society. Stand before the iconic Whitby Abbey and wander the remains of a deserted Medieval village in Wharram Percy. 8

Whitby

Scarborough Ripon

Wharram Percy

York Fulford

Whitby Abbey

Day 1 We meet in York and after an independent lunch, we check into our hotel and meet the group. Before dinner this evening, there will be an introductory talk by our Guide Lecturer. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: Dinner included Day 2 In the morning, we head to Pickering to visit the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, as well as the castle. Later, we visit Whitby Abbey. Upon arrival, we tour the evocative site, made famous by Bram Stoker’s legendary work of literary fiction, ‘Dracula’. During our visit, we also explore the town and after lunch, we head to Pickering church and castle. Next, en route to Scarborough Castle, we take a scenic drive through the North York Moors. Later, we return to York and sit down to a group dinner at a local restaurant, before returning to our hotel for the remainder of the evening. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: All meals included Day 3 Our day begins with a walking tour of York to see the impressive medieval remains here, including a visit to York Minster. Following lunch at a restaurant, we drive out to the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy, where we walk around the remains and then return to York for our evening meal. After dinner, there will be time to relax at the hotel. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: All meals included Day 4 After breakfast, we visit Fountains Abbey. We have lunch in Ripon and then we visit Ripon Cathedral and Monastic Ruins, which began life as a 7th century church, thought to have been built by Saint Wilfrid and then both developed and demolished periodically over time. This afternoon, we visit the childhood home of Richard III at Middleham. Wander among the 13th century walls and admire the architecture of a truly English castle. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: All meals included

Beverly Hull

Led by Dr. Ailsa Mainman Specialising in the early medieval period, Ailsa is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of York, an archaeologist and member of the York Archaeological Trust. She contributed to the acclaimed Historic Town Atlas of York.

Day 5 Today we drive out to Fulford to view the site, which is now just a field, of the Battle of Fulford Gate. Later, we explore one of the largest parish churches in all of the UK, Beverley Minster, which is bigger than some cathedrals and claimed to be one of the most beautiful in England. The church was originally built in the 7th century and later had Norman additions, before it was completed in 1420. In the afternoon, we drive to Britain’s City of Culture for 2017, Hull, where we can admire exhibits in the Hull and East Riding Museum, which showcases amazing ancient Roman mosaics. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: All meals included Day 6 The most spectacular abbey in England awaits our visit this morning - Rievaulx. This was once a powerful Cistercian monastery and the first of its order to be found in the north of England. At one time, it was home to 650 monks, but was demolished under the rule of Henry VIII, falling into the romantic ruins we can see today. We can compare this to Byland Abbey, which is on the itinerary for this afternoon, the community of which was heavily hampered by the Black Death of 1348-9. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: All meals included Day 7 Our time in the north of England comes to an end this morning. After breakfast, we check out of our hotel, say our farewells and travel back home. Hotel: The Grange Hotel Meals: Breakfast included

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We Happy Few:

A Short Tour of the Long 100 Years War (1337 - 1453) 7 Days | 1st - 7th June £1,995 | Single Supp: £370

Statue of Joan of Arc

• Tour a range of iconic battlefields, from Agincourt and Crecy, to Patay • Enjoy the many delights of Bordeaux, with free time to sample wine or wander its charming streets • Visit sites associated with the iconic Joan of Arc in Rouen

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...” Shakespeare has King Henry V exhort his troops ahead of their victory over the French at Agincourt in 1415. But that battle, romanticised by the Bard, was just one clash in the savage, century-long struggle for supremacy between England and France, in which the English won most of the battles, but finally lost the war. In this wide-ranging tour across some of France’s most beautiful countryside, staying in her historic cities, top medieval historian Dr. Michael Jones leads us through the main events and major battlefields of the 100 Years War: Crecy, Patay, Poitiers, Agincourt and Castillon; explaining what happened and why, and considering both the causes and consequences of the conflict. We also meet some of the fascinating characters whose exploits in the war have since become legendary: Edward III and his French Queen Eleanor, as well as their son, Edward, the Black Prince; Henry V himself; and Joan of Arc, among others. For lovers of both France and history alike, this tour is simply unmissable.

DAY 1 Meeting at St. Pancras station in London, we take the Eurostar to Calais where we visit Rodin’s sculpture of the Seven Burghers of Calais, and hear Dr. Jones explain their role in England’s siege and seizure of the City early in the war. Calais remained in English hands as her last possession in France right up until the reign of Mary I in the 1550s. We then travel to the nearby battlefield of Crecy. Here, in 1346, Edward III inflicted a decisive defeat on a numerically superior French army and the English longbow proved its worth as a weapon of war. Here too, the King’s young son, Edward, the Black Prince, ‘won his spurs’ for his courage and precocious military ability. We then check into our nearby hotel. Hotel: Overnight in Abbeville Meals: Lunch & dinner included DAY 2 After breakfast, we drive to the battlefield of Agincourt, immortalised by Shakespeare in `Henry V’ where in 1415 the warrior king, leading a bedraggled, starving and outnumbered army, nevertheless utterly defeated a far larger French force; once again utilising the longbow to achieve this famous victory. Guiding us over the remarkably unchanged field of battle, Dr. Jones will explain where Shakespeare got his history right – and wrong. After lunch, we drive to Rouen, capital of Normandy and the centre of English power in France for much of the war, and check into our central hotel. Hotel: Overnight in Rouen Meals: All meals included DAY 3 Today is devoted to exploring the Medieval centre of Rouen, concentrating on sites associated with Joan of Arc, who was tried and burned at the stake here for heresy in 1431. We visit the contemporary church built on the site of her martyrdom, the Joan of Arc interpretation centre and the city’s cathedral, which contains the heart of King Richard the Lionheart. Hotel: Overnight Rouen Meals: All meals included

Calais Abbeville Rouen

Orléans

Poitiers

Bordeaux

France Led by Dr. Michael Jones With an interest in battle psychology and French history, Michael was a consultant for Channel 4’s ‘Agincourt’ and is also the author of ‘24 Hours at Agincourt’.

DAY 4 Leaving our Rouen hotel, we drive to the ancient city of Orleans, which, like Rouen, was fiercely contested during the war. In 1429, after a six month siege, Orléans was on the point of falling to the English and their Burgundian allies when a teenage girl, Joan of Arc, claiming to be instructed by angels, arrived at the head of a revitalised French army and lifted the siege. We visit the sites in the city associated with the `Maid of Orléans’ including the cathedral, the old city hall and the Hotel Groslot. Hotel: Overnight in Orléans Meals: All meals included DAY 5 We drive to Poitiers, via the battlefield of Patay. Here, inspired by Joan, the French cavalry swept through the demoralised English to achieve a rare French victory in 1429, though soon afterwards Joan herself was captured at Compeigne. Arriving in Poitiers, we tour the battlefield where in September 1356, Edward, the Black Prince, achieved a sweeping victory over a pursuing French army led by King John II. The King was taken prisoner and died in London years later. Hotel: Overnight in Poitiers Meals: All meals included

Historic Rouen street DAY 6 Leaving Poitiers, we drive through the increasingly beautiful countryside of Aquitaine to the city of Bordeaux, long the capital of English-ruled Gascony. After lunching in the city, we drive to Castillon, scene in 1453 of the final battle of the war. Here the aged English commander John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, was defeated and killed by a revitalised French army using a new weapon of war – cannons with gunpowder – which finally overcame the long dominance of the English longbow. Hotel: Overnight in Bordeaux Meals: All meals included DAY 7 After a last chance to explore, shop and sightsee in Bordeaux, we fly back to London from the city’s airport. Meals: Breakfast included

Stained Glass in Rouen Cathedral-Joan of Arc

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Richard III

Hero or Villain? (1483 - 1485) 8 Days | 6th - 13th July £1,995 | Single Supp: £495

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Richard III of England (1452-1485), engraved by Bocquet

• Journey into the beautiful Yorkshire Dales in search of sites connected with a young Richard III • Admire the interior of the legendary Westminster Abbey • Take an all-encompassing tour of the Tower of London, discovering dark tales along the way

The dramatic discovery of the skeleton of Richard III – England’s most controversial King – beneath a Leicester council car park in 2012 was the most exciting archaeological find of the 21st century (so far!) and made news around the world. This incredible find also reignited the great debate about Richard’s personal character: was he a murderer who slew his own nephews, the ‘little princes’, in the Tower of London, or an honourable man who did his duty in an age of unprecedented conflict and upheaval, known to us as the Wars of the Roses. This wide-ranging tour of all the significant surviving sites linked with Richard takes in battlefields, castles, cathedrals and churches – culminating with a visit to the King’s striking new tomb, and a public debate on the burning question: Richard III – Hero or Villain? 12

DAY 1 We meet at our hotel in York, Richard’s power-base, where he ruled as viceroy for his brother Edward IV and which mourned his ‘piteous murder’. After lunch, a walking tour of the city takes in the Richard III Museum and Micklegate Bar, where his father and brother’s decapitated heads were displayed by Lancastrian enemies. Hotel: Overnight in York Meals: Lunch & dinner included DAY 2 After breakfast, we go to Sheriff Hutton to view its castle’s impressive ruins. Previously owned by Richard Neville, Earl Warwick ‘the Kingmaker’, it fell into Richard’s hands after Warwick’s death at the Battle of Barnet. We also visit the Grade I listed parish church where a cenotaph may possibly have been that of Richard’s son, Edward of Middleham. Before dinner in York, we visit the castle of Middleham, where Richard and his brother George spent their childhood under the guardianship of Warwick the Kingmaker, who imprisoned their elder brother, Edward IV, there. Hotel: Overnight in York Meals: All meals included DAY 3 This morning, visit the remains of Sandal Castle and the battlefield of Wakefield, where Richard’s father, the 3rd Duke of York, and his brother Edmund, the Earl of Rutland, were defeated and slaughtered in 1460. Nearby, we visit the grim battlefield of Towton, where Edward IV, avenging Wakefield, defeated the Lancastrians in March 1461 and cemented the House of York’s hold on the throne. Next, we head south, stopping for lunch en route. Later, we arrive at Fotheringhay, Richard’s birthplace in 1452. The fine Church is the mausoleum of the House of York, and the last resting place of Richard’s parents and his brother Edmund. Fotheringhay Castle was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Hotel: Overnight in Fotheringhay Meals: All meals included DAY 4 Today we travel into London, stopping on the way to visit Stony Stratford, where Richard took control of Edward V after the death of Edward IV, and at the two battlefields of St. Albans, where the Wars of the Roses began in 1455, and where Warwick the Kingmaker was defeated in 1461. After lunch, we visit Westminster Abbey, scene of the coronations of all the monarchs involved in the Wars of the Roses. Here too is the urn, designed by Christopher Wren, in which the bones believed to be those of the ‘little princes’, Edward V and his brother Richard, were interred after their discovery during the reign of Charles II. We also see the site of the Sanctuary where Elizabeth Woodville sought shelter after Richard III’s seizure of power, and where her son Richard was taken from her to the Tower. Hotel: Overnight in London Meals: Breakfast & lunch included DAY 5 Today is devoted to a tour of the Tower of London. This site has a central place in Richard’s story and that of the Wars of the Roses, for it was here in the Wakefield tower that King Henry VI was murdered in 1471 as he knelt in prayer - possibly by the hand of Richard himself. Here too, in the Bowyer tower, Richard’s brother George, Duke of Clarence, was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine in 1478 on the orders of his brother Edward IV. It was also here that Richard ordered the execution of his former ally, William – Lord Hastings – in 1483. And here, finally, the ‘little princes’ were held in the infamous Bloody tower and disappeared from history. On our way back to the hotel, we see Crosby Hall, where Richard planned the coup that brought him the crown in 1483. Hotel: Overnight in London Meals: All meals included DAY 6 Today we drive to Tewkesbury, stopping to visit the impressive St George’s Chapel, Windsor castle and the tombs of the rival Roses kings Henry VI and Edward IV. We lunch in Salisbury, visiting the scene of the execution by Richard of his former henchman Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in 1483, and viewing

Middleham Castle

York Sandal Castle

UK Leicester Bosworth

Fotheringhay Castle

Tewkesbury Abbey

St Albans Windsor Castle

London

Led by Dr. Michael Jones With a life-long interest in the Wars of the Roses, Michael was a consultant for Channel 4’s ‘Richard III: Fact or Fiction’ and is the author of ‘Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a battle’.

Roses laid in remembrance the Duke’s tomb. In Tewkesbury, we visit the nearby battlefield’s ‘bloody meadow’, where in 1471 Henry VI’s feisty queen, Margaret of Anjou, was crushed by Edward IV and Richard, and her son and heir, Edward of Lancaster, was killed. Our day ends at Tewkesbury Abbey, where Prince Edward and Richard’s brother George are buried. Hotel: Overnight in Tewkesbury Meals: All meals included DAY 7 We drive from Tewkesbury to Bosworth, where on August 22nd, 1485, Richard III was killed by the invading army of Henry Tudor. After touring the interactive Bosworth Battlefield Centre we visit the actual site of the battle. We then head to nearby Leicester, where we visit the superb Richard III centre, before paying our respects at his magnificent modern tomb in Leicester cathedral. Hotel: Overnight in Leicester Meals: All meals included Day 8 Before the tour ends, we visit the nearby atmospheric ruins of Kirby Muxloe castle, which local lad William, Lord Hastings, best friend of Edward IV, was building as his splendid residence when he was arrested and executed by Richard at the Tower. A return coach to York is included for those who prefer to end the tour there. Meals: Breakfast included

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Darts of Love

The Lives and Wives of Henry VIII (1509 - 1547) 8 Days | 4th - 11th June £1,995 | Single Supp: £395

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Henry VIII and Jane Seymour at Hampton Court

• Be treated to a private tour of the home of Sir Thomas Wyatt, rumoured lover of Anne Boleyn • Discover the Tower of London’s history and visit the graves of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard • Exclusive tours of Hever Castle and Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire Everyone knows the popular rhyme: `divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived’, which refers to the six wives of Henry VIII. The second Tudor king is rightly famous as England’s most married monarch. The lives of the six women who had the misfortune to marry Henry VIII are less well known than their ultimate fates, but many of the sites most associated with the six wives survive. This tour tells the story of Henry’s unfortunate queens through the places most associated with them. 14

Day 1 After meeting at London’s Victoria station, we board our coach and drive to Rochester Castle in Kent, where Henry VIII met his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, for the first time. Rumour has it that he declared that he had been brought a ‘Flanders Mare’ instead of a woman, when he first met his bride. We then stop for lunch on the way to Allington Castle, where we enjoy a private tour in the home of Sir Thomas Wyatt, who was rumoured to be a lover of Anne Boleyn’s. Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower, but escaped the deaths inflicted on other men in Anne’s close circle. We then drive over to Hever Castle, Anne’s childhood home with its delightful gardens, where we spend the night. Hotel: Hever Castle Meals: Lunch & dinner included Day 2 In the morning, we enjoy a private tour of Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s family home, as well as that of her elder sister Mary, who had been Henry’s mistress. We then head over to nearby Penshurst Place, one of England’s largest and most palatial stately homes, which was granted to Anne of Cleves following the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII. The house was later home to the quintessential Elizabethan poet and courtier Sir Philip Sidney. Hotel: Overnight in Teddington Meals: All meals included Day 3 Travelling through the Thames Valley, we will spend the day in the splendid surroundings of Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII’s favourite palaces after he wrested it from the reluctant grasp of the man who built it: his chief minister Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Henry spent time there with all of his six wives, with his last five particularly associated with the palace. In the palace, we will tour the spectacular Tudor state apartments, including the haunted gallery which the screaming ghost of the doomed Catherine Howard is reputed to haunt. We will also visit the chapel royal, where the King received confirmation of Catherine’s infidelity and where Prince Edward son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour - was christened. We return to Teddington for the night. Hotel: Overnight in Teddington Meals: All meals included Day 4 This morning will be spent at Windsor Castle, the oldest continuously occupied castle in the world, and home of Britain’s Royal family to this day. Henry VIII is buried here with Jane Seymour, probably his favourite wife, while he also spent time with his other spouses in the castle. We will then drive to Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, a few miles from the Seymour family home of Wolf Hall. The tombs of Jane Seymour’s father, Sir John Seymour, and her brother, another John, can be viewed, as can stained glass from the original Wolf Hall. Hotel: Overnight in Cheltenham Meals: All meals included

UK Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre

Sudeley Castle Great Bedwyn

Lincoln

Kimbolton Castle

Windsor Castle

Peterborough Cathedral

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Hampton Court

Rochester Allington

Hever Castle

Led by Elizabeth Norton With 13 books to her name, Elizabeth is known for her expertise on the Tudor queens of England. She is a frequent contributor to historical publications, such as Who Do You Think You Are? and BBC History magazines. Day 5 We will spend the morning exploring Sudeley Castle, the final home of Henry VIII’s sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. She died there in September 1548, after the birth of her only child. We will then drive to Lincoln, stopping at the Bosworth Battlefield Centre, which witnessed the birth of the Tudor dynasty in 1485 after Henry’s father, Henry VII, killed and defeated Richard III here. Hotel: Overnight in Lincoln Meals: All meals included Day 6 We will drive over to Gainsborough Old Hall in the morning, the well-preserved home of Catherine Parr during her first marriage to Edward Burgh. In the afternoon, we visit the ruins of the Bishop’s Palace at Lincoln, where Henry VIII and Catherine Howard stayed in 1541. This was one of the places where Catherine secretly met with her lover, Thomas Culpeper. There will also be time to explore Lincoln Cathedral. Hotel: Overnight in Lincoln Meals: All meals included Day 7 In the morning, we drive southwards to Peterborough Cathedral, to visit the final resting place of Henry VIII’s first and most long-lasting wife, Catherine of Aragon. We will then enjoy a private tour of Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, which was Catherine’s final residence. She died there in January 1536, according to an autopsy, her heart consumed by a black tumour. Hotel: Overnight in Kimbolton Meals: All meals included Day 8 After driving to London, we end our tour at the Tower of London, where both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were detained and executed. We will visit the scaffold site, as well as the graves of the two decapitated queens in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower. We will then return to London Victoria in the afternoon to make our farewells. Meals: Breakfast included

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First Impressions

Lives & Landscapes of the Impressionists (1806 - 1905) 7 Days | 22nd - 28th September £2,299 | Single Supp: £595

Joined by guest lecturer Andrew Graham-Dixon

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Monet’s gardens at Giverny, France

• Lose yourself in the beauty of Monet’s magnificent gardens at Giverny • Trace the final days of Vincent Van Gogh in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise • Discover the site of Renoir’s studio along with cafés beloved by renowned artists in Montmartre

This new groundbreaking tour will tell us all we need to know (and more!) about the most revolutionary painters in the history of art: the French Impressionists. Ranging from the actual landscapes they painted in Normandy and the Seine valley, to visits to the Parisian galleries where their immortal works are shown; to the restaurants where they ate and the cafés where they drank, and informed by talks delivered by top TV art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon, this tour will make you an expert on the best-loved artists in history. Derided at first for their loose ‘impressionistic’ use of colour and their realistic scenes of everyday life and ordinary people, artists like Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro and Berthe Morisot, with their post-impressionist successors Cezanne and Van Gogh, utterly transformed classical western art and set the scene for the artistic upheavals of the 20th century. 16

Day 1 We meet early in London to travel to the south coast near Newhaven in Sussex, where our guest celebrity speaker, Andrew Graham-Dixon, will deliver an introductory talk. We then board our Club Class ferry to Dieppe, enjoying a buffet lunch on board. On our arrival in Normandy we drive west along the coast and make our first sketching stop at Etretat, the chalk coastline immortalised by Claude Monet, who painted its dramatic arches and needles. We continue to our hotel in the tiny charming port of Honfleur, an ancient town much favoured by the Impressionists, who were encouraged to abandon their studios for the great outdoors by Eugene Bodin, an artist native of Honfleur. Hotel: Overnight in Honfleur Meals: Lunch & dinner included Day 2 After exploring Honfleur we turn inland and, following the River Seine, arrive in the great city of Rouen, the capital of Normandy. We visit and can sketch the city’s cathedral, painted by Monet almost thirty times in all weathers and at all times of day. Camille Pissarro was another artist fascinated by Rouen’s teeming street life, and Paul Gauguin also worked here. We see their pictures in the city’s Musee des Beaux Arts. The afternoon is free to explore Rouen, the city where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, immortalised in paint by the Impressionists, and in print by their contemporaries, the Normandy writers Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant. Hotel: Overnight in Rouen Meals: All meals included Day 3 Today is devoted to our visit to Giverny, the home and gardens of the Impressionist leader Claude Monet. We visit the house where Monet, his wife, and eight children lived, and the churchyard where he is buried. But the glory of the visit is the Clos Normand flower garden, and the Japanese water garden with its bridges, weeping willows and lilies, so obsessively painted by this most perfectionist of all artists. We break our visit with lunch at the Ancien Hotel Baudy in the village, which is festooned with paintings and had two artists’ studios in the grounds. We conclude our Giverny visit by viewing the village’s modern Museum of Impressionism. Hotel: Overnight in Rouen Meals: All meals included

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Led by Dr. Jennifer Mundy A curator of exhibitions, including ‘Surrealism: Desire Unbound and Duchamp’, Jennifer has worked at the Tate for most of her professional career. She published ‘Man Ray: Writings on Art’.

Guest Lecturer Andrew Graham-Dixon A former art critic for The Independent and the Sunday Telegraph, Andrew is best known for the numerous television programmes on art that he has presented. He is a graduate of Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Day 4 We say Au revoir to Rouen and drive a short distance to the village of Auvers-sur-Oise where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final months in July 1890, painting the village church, portraits of his physician, Dr Gachet, and the ominous wheat fields with crows depicted in his last pictures. We visit the site of his lodgings where he died from a gunshot wound, and the Chateau d’Auvers, which has a permanent exhibition on Impressionism, before paying our respects at the graves of Vincent and his devoted brother Theo Van Gogh. We then enter Paris, picking up a riverboat on the River Seine to get our bearings by water. Hotel: Overnight in Paris Meals: All meals included Day 5 On the morning of our first day in Paris we take a walk through the artists’ quarter of Montmartre where many of the Impressionists lived and worked as young men. We visit the sites of the studios of Renoir, Degas and Monet, as well as their favourite cafes such as the Moulin de la Galette, painted by Renoir; the Musee de Montmartre located in Renoir’s former house; and the legendary Lapin Agile artists’ cafe. After lunch, we visit the incomparable collection of Impressionist art in the Musee d’Orsay. Hotel: Overnight in Paris Meals: All meals included

Bal du Moulin de la Galette by Renoir Day 6 In the morning we tour the Orangerie, a smaller and quieter annexe of the Louvre, and a treasure house of Impressionist Art. For those who wish, the afternoon is free to explore nonImpressionist sites in Paris but for hard-core Monet addicts, we visit the little-known Musee Marmottan, which houses 100 of the Master’s works. In the evening we return to our hotel for dinner and a concluding lecture by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Hotel: Overnight in Paris Meals: All meals included Day 7 We check out of our hotel early in the morning to begin the long return to London. Meals: Breakfast & lunch included

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Poland at War

Invasion, Resistance & Holocaust (1939 - 1945) 8 Days | 24th June - 1st July £2,195 | Single Supp: £405

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Wawel Castle in Kraków with the Tatra mountains in the distance

• Visit historic Gdańsk, where World War Two began • Enter the haunting site of the Treblinka death camp and feel the weight of its dark history • Spend time in Oskar Schindler’s former factory in Kraków If any country experienced the Second World War to its full murderous extent, it was Poland. Fought over and occupied by the totalitarian regimes of Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union, its people endured the most brutal war possible, registering the highest per capita death toll of any combatant nation. It would be in occupied Poland that Nazi Germany would launch its systematic extermination of Europe’s Jews, carried out at extermination camps, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka and Majdanek. Poland became the unwilling stage for the Nazis’ “Final Solution of the Jewish Question”. Alongside the wholesale murder of Europe’s Jews, the Germans also carried out the diabolical persecution of Poland gentile population, thereby spawning the Polish “Home Army” one of the war’s most effective resistance organisations. The Home Army’s Warsaw Rising against the Germans, in 1944, lasted for two months before the insurgents were defeated and much of the capital was razed. We follow the story of this brave attempt to derail one of the most devastating occupations in history. This tour is a cross-country journey that begins with the war’s opening shots at Gdańsk’s Westerplatte, visits the nation’s capital, Warsaw, and culminates at its cultural heart, Kraków. It provides a much-needed overview of a complex, searing, and murderous period.

Day 1 We arrive in the beautiful, historic city of Gdańsk. And after checking in to our comfortable hotel, we enjoy introductory drinks and a fascinating lecture on Poland’s wartime story, familiarising ourselves with many of the themes that we will encounter on the tour. Guest have a little free time to stroll through the city’s beautiful Old Town, including its impressive Gothic cathedral. Hotel: Overnight in Gdańsk Meals: Dinner included Day 2 Our first full day of the tour has arrived. We begin this morning with a visit to the Westerplatte, the fortified peninsula in the Bay of Gdańsk, where the first shots of World War Two in Europe were fired. We follow that with a visit the to city’s excellent World War Two museum before repairing for lunch by the waterside. In the afternoon, we will have a short walk through the Old Town before departing for Kętrzyn. Hotel: Overnight in Kętrzyn Meals: All meals included Day 3 Today we visit one of the war’s most infamous sites: The “Wolf’s Lair” just outside Kętrzyn (the former East Prussian Rastenburg) is the former headquarters of Adolf Hitler, from where he directed the war against the Soviet Union. This purpose-built complex, deep in the forest, was also the scene of the famous assassination attempt, on 20 July 1944, when Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb in Hitler’s conference room. After lunch, we drive on to the notorious site of the Treblinka death camp, north-east of Warsaw, where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered, giving the camp a death toll second only to that of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Hotel: Overnight in Warsaw Meals: All meals included

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Led by Roger Moorhouse Co-founder of Historical Trips and one of the world’s leading experts on Nazi Germany, Roger is Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw, where he lectures on Totalitarianism.

Day 4 Today we examine Poland’s wartime military story, and one of its deepest scars. In the morning, we visit the National Military Museum for a tour of the many exhibits relating to Poland’s wartime military exploits; including the defensive war in 1939, the story of those Poles who fought in exile in the RAF and British Army, and the fascinating story of the Polish Underground. After lunch, we then travel to the remarkable Katyń Museum, where we learn of Poland’s suffering at Soviet hands, focusing particularly on the massacre of 22,000 Polish officers in the spring of 1940. Hotel: Overnight in Warsaw Meals: All meals included Day 5 When the Warsaw Rising broke in August 1944, Hitler gave orders that the city should be razed to the ground, and by war’s end some 90% of it had been destroyed by bombing and urban warfare. An estimated 200,000 of the city’s population died. On this day we will examine the Warsaw Rising in more detail, visiting the Rising Museum, as well as the Rising Memorial and the statue of the Little Insurgent. After lunch, we depart for Kraków. Hotel: Overnight in Kraköw Meals: All meals included Day 6 After a leisurely breakfast, we explore the ancient heart of Poland’s second city, Kraków. Though it largely escaped the destruction visited upon Warsaw during the war, Kraków was nonetheless witness to many significant events; not least being the capital of the Nazis’ brutal occupation regime, the so-called “General Government”. We visit the seat of that occupation; the Wawel Castle, as well as the iconic Cloth Hall and the stunning St Mary’s cathedral. Hotel: Overnight in Kraköw Meals: All meals included

Monument of The Second World War and the defence of Gdańsk Day 7 Today is a truly challenging day, as it is devoted to the world’s most notorious historic site; the concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Here, over a million Jews from all over Europe were exterminated in the gas chambers, worked to death, or driven to succumb to disease and starvation. We will tour the site with our expert guide. Hotel: Overnight in Kraköw Meals: All meals included Day 8 Our final morning focuses on one of the more uplifting stories from Poland’s war: that of Oskar Schindler and his rescue of over a thousand Jews. We visit his former factory in Kraków, now an excellent museum. After lunch in the Old Town, we transfer to the airport for our return home. Meals: Breakfast & lunch included

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The Women of SOE

Female Agents and the French Resistance (1940 - 1945) 5 Days | 20th - 24th September £1,599 | Single Supp: £370

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Women involved in the Special Operations Executive programme

• Discover the former SOE headquarters in Baker Street and learn about its history • Meet friends and family of the brave women of the SOE at significant sites connected to their stories • Travel alongside award-winning author, Clare Mulley, an expert on this tour’s subject Churchill famously launched SOE, the secretive Special Operations Executive, in June 1940, with his rousing injunction to ‘set Europe ablaze’. The first agent was dropped into France the next year and over 400 would follow, 39 of whom were women. Their role was to support local resistance with the supply of arms and explosives, expertise and radio communications, and prepare for the Allied liberation. 91 of the men, and 13 women, would not return. From 1943, there was increasing demand for female agents to act as couriers and wireless transmitters in France, where their movements were less conspicuous. Three would be awarded the George Cross, Britain’s highest civilian decoration. One was Noor Inayat Khan, a Sufi Princess, who, for a while in 1944, provided the only wireless communications with Paris. We will discover where she was arrested, before visiting the infamous Avenue Foch - Gestapo HQ - where she was interrogated, before being sent to her death. Pearl Witherington initially served as a courier in Valencay, our last destination. When her circuit leader was captured, Pearl stepped up to command over 2,000 men. When, as a woman, she was offered civil rather than military honours, Pearl commented there had been nothing remotely ‘civil’ about her work. The dramatic and often tragic stories of female agents in France have attracted huge interest and this tour tells their brave story. 20

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Pont Neuf, Paris Day 1 We meet in central London and begin our tour with a visit to the South Bank to see the SOE memorial, topped by a bust of Violette Szabo. We then travel to Stockwell to see Szabo’s old house, now proudly sporting a blue plaque. In South Kensington, we visit sites associated with Krystyna Skarbek – also known as Christine Granville – including the Polish Hearth Club, the Polish Museum that houses her medals and the Hotel Shelbourne where she was murdered after the war. After lunch we see Krystyna’s grave and memorial plaque at Kensal Green Roman Catholic cemetery. We then travel to the former SOE Headquarters on Baker Street. In Bloomsbury, we see Noor Inayat Khan’s former home and visit her statue in Gordon Square Gardens. In the evening, we have an introductory lecture from Clare on the Women of SOE. Hotel: Overnight in London Meals: Lunch & dinner included Day 2 In the morning, we travel from St Pancras to Paris by Eurostar and have lunch on board. In the afternoon, we visit the Inayat Khan family home before continuing on to Grignon, where the radio transmitter for the Bricklayer circuit was based and where Noor Inayat Khan narrowly escaped capture. We return to Paris to visit the Rue Erlanger, near the Bois du Boulogne, which was the base of the Cinema SOE network. We go to the Rue de Faisanderie and see the apartment above the bakery where Noor was arrested after betrayal. Our final stop of the day is the Avenue Foch, the location of the infamous Gestapo Headquarters where many female agents were interrogated before their deportation to concentration camps. Hotel: Overnight in Paris Meals: All meals included Day 3 In the morning, we visit Pont Neuf, where Eileen Nearne met her contact at the King Henri IV statue. We go to the Boulevard St Michel, her first Paris radio transmitter base, and 11 Rue de Saussaies, the former Gestapo headquarters that has original cells. Eileen was interrogated and tortured here, before being sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. After lunch we concentrate on Lilian Rolfe, including a visit to the safe house where she was arrested. We travel to Chateauroux, arriving at our next hotel in the early evening for a lecture on Krystyna Skarbek before dinner. We stay here overnight. Hotel: Overnight in Chateauroux Meals: All meals included

Led by Clare Mulley The award-winning author of three books on remarkable women responding to war, including ‘The Women Who Flew for Hitler’. Clare is an expert on the female agents of the SOE and frequently lectures at museums and festivals. Day 4 In the morning we drive to Tendu, near Chateauroux, to see the parachute site where Pearl Witherington was dropped in September 1943 to serve as a courier for Maurice Southgate, leader of the Stationer network. We hear how Pearl served as the Wrestler network leader from May 1944 onwards. We stop in Blois for lunch and a visit to the Museum of Resistance before continuing on to the site of Chateau des Souches, the network Headquarters, east of Valencay. Later, we visit sites associated with the Maquis resistance army as, commanded by Pearl, they fought pitched battles against the Germans in the aftermath of D-Day. Hotel: Overnight in Chateauroux Meals: All meals included Day 5 In the morning we visit the Chateauroux sites associated with the first SOE agent dropped into France. We then visit the Valencay SOE Memorial to the 104 SOE F Sections agents who died in France and pay our respects. After lunch, we return to Paris for an early evening Eurostar train back to London. Meals: Breakfast & lunch included

The Valencay SOE Memorial

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2019 Timeline

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Andalus - Moorish Spain

We Happy Few - A Short

Richard III - Hero or Villain? The Women of SOE -

8th - 15th................. pg 08

Tour of the Long 100 Years War 1st - 7th.................... pg 12

6th - 13th................. pg 14

September Female Agents & the French Resistance 20th - 24th............... pg 30

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The Lives & Wives of Henry VIII 4th - 11th................. pg 16

Lives & Landscapes of the Impressionists 22nd - 28th.............. pg 20

Medieval England The Abbeys of Medieval England 17th - 23rd .............. pg 10

Poland at War Invasion, Resistance & Holocaust 24th June - 1st July.pg 28

Study Days 2019 Henry VIII

16th May with Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb Join Suzannah Lipscomb, a former Hampton Court Palace curator, for a day atg “the English Versailles”.Visit key parts of the palace associated with Henry VIII, such as the Tudor kitchens. www.historicaltrips.com/xch

Everything You Need to Know About Castles

3rd June with Dr. Marc Morris Discover all there is to know about the origins and development of castles in Britain as Dr. Marc Morris, presenter of the TV series “Castle”, leads us on a fascinating tour around Dover Castle. www.historicaltrips.com/xdo

Spitfire Study Day

Arthur & Alfred Monarchs & Myths

12th July with Dr. Andrew Fear Two of Britain’s most iconic kings, dispel the myths and discover the truths surrounding them.Visit the key parts of Winchester associated with them both and go behind-thescenes. www.historicaltrips.com/xaa

A Masterpiece in stone: Salisbury Cathedral

2nd August with Dr. Emma Wells Starting at Old Sarum, trace the movement of the cathedral to the ground it now stands on. From the Magna Carta to the cloisters, see it all. www.historicaltrips.com/xsc

11th June with Colonel Paul Beaver Experience a day at Biggin Hill and see an aviation legend up close. Colonel Paul Beaver will lead this captivating hands-on tour, which offers you the chance to sit in the cockpit and more. www.historicaltrips.com/xsp

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