Caroline Herschel stares at the stars. Recognition as an astronomer and scientist seems further away than even the most distant constellations. But her discovery of comets and her love for her work is contagious. It's not long before Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, takes notice... Remember to subscribe, rate and review! Join the conversation using #OutliersPod @hrp_palaces or @therustyquill Discover the history behind Outliers - blog.hrp.org.uk Transcript - https://bit.ly/2Eb69UG Written by Eli Barraza Performed by Aletta Lohmeyer Produced by Adam Sibbald, Claudia Strange, and Alexander J Newall with April Sumner Script edited by Sarah Kilby Directed by Alexander J Newall Edited by Michelle O'Toole and Alexander J Newall Main theme arranged by Samuel D F Jones, adapted by Domini Hooper and Nick Hart from the original 17th century ballad 'The Sea Martyrs'. Additional Music by Samuel D F Jones Artwork by Lyndon White Additional SFX from aldynool, NikosDemetriou, dersuperanton, kmyers1316, YleArkisto, ivolipa, kmyers1316, buzzatsea, kyles, MoKoLoKo, laft2k, rempen, ALLANZ10D, Adam_N, Aiwha, indirect and previously credited artists via Freesound.org For more information visit www.hrp.org.uk/learning www.RustyQuill.com/outliers This podcast was created by Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill. It is distributed under a creative commons attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

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