We’re back! And in this episode we’re indulging our love of history by thinking about kings. Especially medieval kings as represented in English literature - and not just the best-known ones but some who are often overlooked. Hannah, Edwin, Richard and Oz each introduce one king they find particularly interesting. We think about why Ethelred II is known as ‘the Unready’; why Henry III preferred feeding paupers to fighting wars; and why is King Arthur so important to us if he wasn’t even a real king? We also hear passages from Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Malory; and Edwin reads a poem from his new book, Winter Wolf, imagining the first meeting of Edward of Caernarfon (the future Edward II) with Piers Gaveston.
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