Many of you have asked me to produce audio versions of each of the Denary Historical Books I have authored—a 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels. Since my Denary books are heavily immersed in history and connected with North America, I’ve decided to present the entire series in podcast form, for FREE. In other words, every episode designated with the word EXTRA is fully dedicated to the audio version of Denary Novels, starting of...

Young women were recruited from 1621-25 to become wives for the planters in the Virginia Company of London's new colony in Jamestown. Who were the English women who made the Atlantic crossing? And what happened to them when they arrived?   Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/mWlQAHzbfDw which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Not Just the Tudors podcast available at https://amzn.to/3OelJnj Suzannah...

In 1621 the Virginia Company of London recruited young women to become wives for the planters in its new colony in Jamestown. Though the women had all gone of their own free will, they were to be sold into marriage in exchange for tobacco leaves, generating a profit for investors and helping ensure the colony's long-term viability. Hopeful husbands were supposed to pay for their brides in tobacco. But who were the English women who made the Atlantic crossing? And what happened to them when...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-22 expedition was the first known circumnavigation of the Earth. His epic voyage opened trade routes connecting much of the world, including the North American continent. Guest podcaster Charles Kimball of the «History of Southeast Asia» shares his views on the daring feats of this celebrated adventurer. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/SZKSM8ZVxQ4 which has accompanying visuals...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet  Watch Book Two’s official Video trailer at...

Trading British Brides for American Tobacco in colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/UhYG0J5Vy94 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Not Just the Tudors podcast available at https://amzn.to/3OelJnj Suzannah Lipscomb books available at https://amzn.to/44M1dQ6   The Jamestown Brides: The Story of England's ‘Maids for Virginia’ by Jennifer Potter available at...

With some 17,000 Puritans migrating to New England by the mid-1630s, Harvard University was founded in anticipation of the need for training clergy for the new commonwealth, then known as a "church in the wilderness". Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/R0_ThrArcdA which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations,...

Historicity of 1521 conquest of Mexico from the Aztecs by Spanish Conquistadors; Q&A session. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/CkvfAWKSuSM which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books available at https://amzn.to/43dBlfv                                            Aztec books available at https://amzn.to/3BFddGY                                   ...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet  Watch Book Two’s official Video trailer at...

Tomato seeds were brought from Mexico to Spain by those early explorers as part of the great Columbian exchange. From there the plant spread to Italy by the mid-1500s where it began to be incorporated into regional cuisine. Over the following decades, tomato plants were cultivated throughout Europe, but primarily as an ornamental plant. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/x1K9LQB1GSc which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos,...

Tlaxcaltecs are an indigenous Nahua people who originate from Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Confederacy of Tlaxcala was instrumental in overthrowing the Aztec Empire alongside soldiers from the Kingdom of Spain led by Hernan Cortez. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/92VDcDQpqYQ  which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.  The Victor Davis Hanson Show podcast at https://amzn.to/3PZWOnJ Victor Davis Hanson...

In 1519-21, during the reign of legendary Aztec King Montezuma, Conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered Mexico and founded the Kingdom of New Spain. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/1L-sKN1xHFk which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books available at https://amzn.to/43dBlfv                                            Aztec books available at...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet  Watch Book Two’s official Video trailer at...

Eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons were ritually tortured and killed on various dates between 1642-49 in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquioan tribes the Mohawk and the Huron. They have subsequently been canonized and venerated as the Canadian martyrs by the Catholic Church (René Goupil, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande, Antoine Daniel, Jean de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Noël...

The Society of Jesus also called "The Company of Jesus" to indicate its military spirit, were linguists, explorers and ethnographers. They learned New World Indigenous languages and customs, developed dictionaries and grammars, translated and preserved much of the history and traditions in their documents—which include details of their missions and activities and both the successes and failures of the Jesuits in their attempts to convert Indigenous peoples. In North America, their goal was to...

Let’s examine the fascinating early life of controversial explorer and military conqueror Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), the Conquistador who led a coalition army of Spanish forces and Mesoamerican native warriors to vanquish Mexico’s mighty Aztec Empire. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/-F8_04K-D9s which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books available...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet  Watch Book Two’s official Video trailer at...

Jesuit Order was formed to combat effects of the Reformation. Young Jesuit clergyman known as ‘God’s Soldiers’ evangelized natives in 17th century New France. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/RYJTO2QyoJ0 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.  Jesuit books available at https://amzn.to/3vttWgG New France books at https://amzn.to/43IZrjw Ignatius of Loyola books at...

The European Counter-Reformation spawned a Catholic missionary Jesuit order that had a huge impact on the North American Natives.  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/tnigRkF-C78 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.  Jesuit books available at https://amzn.to/3vttWgG New France books at https://amzn.to/43IZrjw Ignatius of Loyola books at https://amzn.to/3VvdwiD   THANKS for the many wonderful...

Revisit Mexico’s ancient pre-Hispanic cultures and civilizations on the eve of first contact with European explorers, as we set the scene for the impending Spanish invasion and conquest of Mesoamerica, led by Conquistador Hernan Cortez. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/iuaAq0snmMY which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Mexico History books are available at...

Denary Novels, Book Two — Continuing saga of the 10-volume international historical mystery and suspense thriller series titled Denary Novels by Mark Vinet, which are heavily immersed in World history with connections to North America.  LISTEN to this podcast's theme music & Get FREE access to this novel’s accompanying visuals, including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams at https://patreon.com/markvinet  Watch Book Two’s official Video trailer at...

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) was the founder of a religious Order that sent Priests to North America on missions to evangelize the Amerindians. Saint Ignatius was a Spanish Catholic theologian and Priest who dedicated his eventful life to being a soldier for God and leader of the Jesuits.  Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/m43e2AqzcgI which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams.  Catholic Saints...

Founder of the Jesuit religious Order that sent Priests to North America on a mission to evangelize the natives, Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian who dedicated his fascinating and adventurous life to being a soldier for Christ and leader of the Society of Jesus—better known as the Jesuits. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/ssEK4SwxHEw which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos,...

In 1513, Spanish conquistador Vasco Nunez de Balboa became the first European to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean from the New World. Enjoy this Encore Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/MCILUzvxE80 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. Vasco Nunez de Balboa books are available at https://amzn.to/3BDElG9  THANKS for the many wonderful comments, messages, ratings and reviews....