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The Battle of Crecy with Michael Livingston

In this episode, Jackson speaks to Historian and Author Michael Livingston all about his book with Osprey, 'Crecy: Battle of Five Kings'. In this episode, Michael discusses the misconceptions that many of us have about this battle and his working theory of where the battle might have been fought!


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