Season 1 | 5. The Ringmaster

<p>This episode contains descriptions of violence or sexual content that may not be suitable for all listeners. </p> <p><br></p> <p>A new character enters the drama. Thomas Becket has come out of nowhere to become Henry’s powerful right-hand man. Now he’s entrusted with what seems to be an impossible mission: he must persuade a hostile King Louis VII of France – Eleanor’s bitter ex-husband – to accept a marriage alliance between his own daughter and a Plantagenet prince. It would take a political mastermind to pull this one off… </p> <p><br></p> <p>This is History is a S...