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Screams echo along the corridors and tapestry-lined chambers of Westminster Palace in London.

They're terrifying, ear-splitting screeches which send a shiver down the spine of anyone who hears them.

This is unusual.

Under the Plantagenet King of England, Edward III, this palace has often been a venue for

the great and good to come to let off steam, to have fun with their party-loving monarch.

And actually, today is one of those days. It's June the 28th, 1360, and there's a big dinner banquet being held.

The hall at the palace is filling up with revellers, who will be joining the guests of honour,

King Edward and his captive, John II of France.

The guests chatter and laugh, clink cups and catch up on the latest gossip.

The two kings have been doing a lot of entertaining lately,

hosting feasts where everyone has eaten well, drunk fine wines in abundance, and watched minstrels play.

But today's mood is slightly dampened by that screaming.

The guests must be asking themselves, what poor soul is making such a racket? The English have a ton of French prisoners as well as King John.

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