If you want to delve deeper into the history behind each episode, subscribe and receive bonus episodes — ad free — over on https://www.patreon.com/c/thisishistory/membership -- This is a story of three brothers, one crown, and not an ounce of loyalty between them. It’s the beginning of the end for England's most storied royal dynasty, the Plantagenets. Dan Jones brings you the story of the Yorkist King, Edward IV – tall, golden, ferocious – a young king who wins his throne on the battlefield and then destabilises it in the bedroom. His secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a Lancastrian widow of minor nobility, detonates the political order. The old guard revolts. The Earl of Warwick aka the Kingmaker, emerges as a lethal enemy. What follows is a sequence of betrayals so baroque they border on the operatic. Alliances invert overnight as Warwick makes daring political moves. Kings drown in malmsey wine, princes mysteriously disappear from Towers and Richard III, becomes England’s last ever Plantagenet king. Through this carnage emerges a family that will define English history: The Tudors. In a freezing Welsh castle, a thirteen-year-old Margaret Beaufort delivers a son she will spend decades manoeuvring towards the throne. Henry Tudor's claim is thin. His exile is long. His invasion, when it finally comes, is a bet against every reasonable odds.
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THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR Season 10, Episode 3: LOVEBOMBING Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And the best way to keep the people on your side is through their stomachs. It’s a lesson King Edward IV has yet to learn. After marrying for love, and starting a diplomatic thaw with Europe, Edward soon finds out that there’s really only one task that matters: keeping his most powerful subject loyal. So the young king allows a raid on a Hanseatic League storehouse on Warwick’s behalf, he moves his entire court to Coventry just to coax Warwick to a council meeting, and then stages a grand ceremony at Windsor Castle to project unity. None of it works. Warwick takes every gift and offers nothing in return. Generosity can be its own kind of trap door. The question is whether the king will recognise it before he’s swallowed whole… – As always, Dan’s royal favourites can chime in anytime on the royal court on Patreon at patreon.com/thisishistory. And don’t forget to listen to this season’s accompanying bonus episodes for this miniseries, where Dan and Producer Al trace how the Earl of Warwick was able to attain power that rivalled that of the king’s. Plus, Dan gets stuck into how the restive Northern counties provides Warwick with a vulnerability to exploit. – 00:00 Feeding The Hungry on Warwick Lane 02:03 When Warwick Ghosts the King 03:28 Get Your Patreon Sampler Pack 04:15 Krylov’s Famous Idiom 05:59 Edward IV’s Wins Since 1461 07:39 How Edward Empowered Warwick 09:23 The Clarence Marriage Plot 10:17 Isabel, Meet Clarence 11:03 Raid on the Hanse Steelyard 11:48 Who Are the Hanse 14:29 Edward Love Bombs Warwick 16:01 Warwick Still Refuses Peace 18:19 Order of the Garter at Windsor 19:07 The Burgundians Are Back 21:34 Northern Trouble Brews 22:36 Robin of Redesdale Exposed 23:33 Edward’s Last Ditch Attempt at Peace 24:34 Warwick’s Run to Calais 25:21 A Full-Blown Coup? 25:34 What Would You Plunder? – A 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 –– Presented by Dan Jones Producer - Alan Weedon Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman Executive Producer - Louisa Field Executive Producer - Dan Jones Production Manager - Jen Mistri Production Coordinator - Eric Ryan Head of Content - Chris Skinner