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Just a warning. This episode contains some extremely gory medieval deaths.

Stick around after the episode to hear about what's coming next on this is history. The water of the river Sun flows quietly through the dark, steps from a tall round tower called the Tour de Nel.

Hidden in the shadows, a servant crouches, watching and waiting.

Across the water, the windows of the palace of the Louvre glow gently,

while downstream, holy relics lie sleeping in the Saint-Chapel,

the glittering Gothic chapel built by St Louis.

And just beyond past the towering spires of the cathedral of Notre Dame, the last of the night's

Templar was burned only a few weeks ago.

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