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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories
Robert Kirk
4.6 • 675 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Introducing Season 7 | 2. Death and Taxes from This is History: A Dynasty to Die For.
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Richard II’s reign is not off to a good start – find out more about the runners and riders in this week’s bonus episode.
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Trouble looms as the French and the Scots sense weakness in the English rule, drunk sailors sink a fleet of warships and the highest legal authorities are run out of towns. It’s the start of a bloody conflict that will see the Tower of London breached for the first and only time.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again, Dan here, and if you caught last week's episode, you'll know there's something |
| 0:04.8 | very exciting happening in the world of This Is History. We've just launched our brand new |
| 0:10.6 | Patreon channel, and with it, a new way to experience the show like never before. It's called |
| 0:17.1 | This Is History Royal Favorite. Royal Favorite gets you the weekly bonus episodes, add free listening, early access, |
| 0:24.4 | but also a whole lot more, like access to the official This Is History chat room, where I |
| 0:31.1 | and the team will be dropping in throughout the season. |
| 0:33.9 | You'll get to vote on topics for our episodes, join in on listener polls and discussions, and unlock exclusive extras all season long. |
| 0:43.8 | I'll be doing a special Ask Me Anything for our royal favourite subscribers next month, and five lucky question askers will get a signed copy of my book, Henry V. |
| 0:54.9 | Head to patreon.com forward slash this is history to start your free trial today and join in |
| 1:00.7 | the fun. That's patreon.com forward slash this is history. Now, on with the episode. |
| 1:12.0 | The four little girls on the ramparts of the castle giggle with delight. |
| 1:17.0 | The streets below them are thronging with people. |
| 1:20.5 | Londoners of all ages and ranks have come out on this summer's afternoon |
| 1:24.2 | and they're in party mood. |
| 1:26.9 | People are yelling and cheering, blowing flutes and |
| 1:29.8 | trumpets and banging drums. They're having a wail of a time as they prepare for a sight most |
| 1:36.8 | have never seen before. It's July 1377 and the whole country is preparing to celebrate the coronation of a new plantagenet |
| 1:47.1 | king, Richard II. These little girls, dressed as angels sent from heaven, have a special role |
| 1:54.8 | in the festivities. The castle they're perched in isn't a real fortress, though if they look across the city rooftops they can see one of those. |
| 2:03.6 | The Tower of London bristles menacingly on the skyline. |
| 2:07.6 | This one is an elaborate stage, built just for fun, but it's central to the pageantry of the coronation parade. When the new king, also only ten years old, rides past on his way to Westminster, |
| 2:24.3 | the girls are going to scatter delicate flakes of gold leaf |
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