Introducing...Season 1 of This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR

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History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

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Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of medieval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes. In the first season, get to know the most dysfunctional family of the Middle Ages – the Plantagenets – and find out how their scandalous betrayals and bloody politics shaped the world we live in today. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A young queen on the run from her suitors, a teenager determined to claim his rightful
0:05.7	crown, the mystery of a murdered bishop, and the children who would stop at nothing to
0:11.5	seize their parent's power.
0:14.0	I'm Dan Jones, I'm a historian, and in my new podcast, This Is History, I'm going
0:19.0	to tell the story of the Middle Ages' most dysfunctional family, the Plantagenets.
0:24.6	The story is full of crusades, invasions, adventures, and lots of nasty ways to die.
0:31.3	Brothers betraying brothers, fathers fighting mothers, and sons fighting just about everyone.
0:37.6	This is the juicy psychodrama of a family living permanently on the edge of madness, and
0:43.0	those dramas have shaped the world we live in today.
0:46.9	From something else in Sony Music Entertainment, this is History, coming September 20th.
0:52.8	Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher, or wherever you get
0:57.8	your podcasts.

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