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*THIS IS HISTORY — THE TUDORS*
*Episode 5: Traders and Traitors*
An emperor loses a leg. England gets a headache.
In 1493, surgeons saw off the gangrenous leg of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. It is a brutal, miraculous operation. The emperor survives, briefly. Then comes a funeral, a court gathering, and a diplomatic ripple that rolls all the way to T...
Did one of the Princes in the tower survive!?
The Lambert Simnel affair might be over, but Henry VII has another pretender on his hands — a pesky Flemish fella called Perkin Warbeck. His agenda: claiming to be Prince Richard, the lost son of Edward IV, AKA one of the princes in the tower.
As absurd as his claim may sound, Perkin poses a real problem for Henry. ...
It turns out, that saying you’re the king just because you’ve put a crown on your head, means plenty of others can get the same idea. And in 1487, a 10-year-old boy claims that he is England’s true king.
A cast of Irish rebels, German mercenaries, and renegade Yorkist lords throw their weight behind him.
Pretty soon, the challengers find themselves at the Battl...
England gets a counterfeit king… well, almost.
Determined to destroy Henry VII, the implacable Margaret of Burgundy backs an audacious Yorkist conspiracy. Its secret weapon is Lambert Simnel, an organ-maker’s son remodelled as a royal heir, crowned in Dublin and shipped towards England with German mercenaries and half-naked Irish warriors.
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Don’t forget...
Henry VII’s reign starts with dirty feet and a dirty little problem.
Fresh from the Battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor is trying to sell England on his brand-new dynasty. Tasks include: marry the right princess, rewrite the rules, invent a royal myth and hope nobody notices the joins.
But when a diehard Ricardian slips through the net and whips up a rebellion, Hen...