Introduction

Hello and a very warm welcome to the La Garde Ecossaise podcast.  This is the official podcast of the La Garde Ecossaise novels hosted by me, Dr Kirsteen M MacKenzie.

I am so glad that you have taken the time to join me as I discuss the novels in greater depth and the historical events which inspired them.

This podcast is for those of you who are enjoying the novels and want to learn a little bit more about the history behind the novels.

This podcast is also for students studying early modern history courses at college or university. Indeed, the novels purposefully cover many of the key events of the seventeenth century, events that are covered in many survey courses on the seventeenth century.  I like to think of the book as a textbook for an early modern history course, masquerading as a historical fiction novel.The podcasts will closely mirror the contents of each chapter and will explore the real people and events mentioned within them.  The podcast is also available as a videocast on YouTube with interesting and helpful visuals.  There are also subtitles on YouTube for those who are hard of hearing.  You will find transcripts of these podcasts on the La Garde Ecossaise blogs. 

Although the characters are fictional, many of the events are not and I have tried to cover as much ground as I can in each novel whilst keeping the book informative and entertaining.

The series La Garde Ecossaise is a seven-book series. Each book will explore the life of one of six elite soldiers that served Louis XIV between 1643 and 1715.  It is through these six very different lives and individual journeys that the interesting and vast expanse of seventeenth century history will be explored.

 See the website www.lagardeecossaise.net for further details.

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm