Season 4 | 1. A Simple Man

Season 4 | 1. A Simple Man

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Season 4 | 2. Brothers in Arms

Henry III’s younger brother Richard returns from victory abroad and is rewarded with a wealthy area of English land. There’s just one problem: Henry has already granted key pieces of that land to someone else. This insult sends a furious Richard down the well-trodden path to fami ...  Show more

Season 4 | 3. The In-Laws

Henry III’s mild and agreeable nature attracts all sorts of ambitious hangers-on and manipulators into the royal court. The most dangerous of these is a pious nobleman called Simon de Montfort. Simon easily charms the King, worming his way right into both Henry’s inner-circle and ...  Show more

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