The History of England

118 Introducing Richard II

Richard arrived with the expectation of a nation on his shoulders - the son of the illustrious hero Edward the Black Prince. So what was Richard like, and how has history treated him? <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=qKt2L1-w_lQ:dAYqIMxy6Jo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=qKt2L1-w_lQ:dAYqIMxy6Jo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=qKt2L1-w_lQ:dAYqIMxy6Jo:qj6IDK7rITs"></a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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