{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/64b7d072033a6000111cd39e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Edward II","description":"<p>Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds..... So goes the rhyme <strong>Charlie Higson</strong> learnt at school, each a Monarch and each seemingly unable to learn any lessons from their predecessor, as ably demonstrated by this episode's King, <strong>Edward The 2nd. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Find out how his disastrous relationships, especially with <strong>Piers Gaveston</strong> gave rise to his downfall at the hands of his own wife <strong>Queen Isabella </strong>which led to a particularly unpleasant end.</p><p><br></p><p>Charlie's proper historian this episode is <strong>Dr Rory Cox, </strong>author of Origins of the Just War: Military Ethics and Culture in the Ancient Near East</p><p><br></p><h1><br></h1>","author_name":"Charlie Higson"}