Book 4 Trailer- The Winter Kings (1219-1348)
The Story of London reaches Book 4 of the saga of the city… covering the years 1219 until 1348, and bringing to life the extraordinary tale of the city during the early Plantagenet Kings…
18 Mar 20243min
Chapter 86- “A king from their own land…” (1216-1219) (End of Book 3)
The wild, violent and crazy few years were coming to a close… London stood defiant; most of the country was within the regime of it’s French Prince, and their enemy was a 9 year old boy. And yet, som...
13 Mar 202440min
Chapter 85- “The commune of all the realm…” (1215- 1216)
The Magna Carta had left London virtually independent as a city, beholden only unto the Committee of 25 signatories of the document. But the game was not over yet, and the political skill of King Joh...
6 Mar 202440min
Chapter 84- “The Barons came to London…” (1215)
May 17th, 1215: the day London was taken by an armed force for the first time. This being said, powerful forces within London helped them do this, and the city was to not just be under military occup...
2 Mar 202440min
Chapter 83- “…render him their slave.” (1214-1215)
The story begins to examine the crucial role London was to play in the political saga that led to the Magna Carta, as King John goes from being on the verge of glory, to being cast down into the pits ...
28 Feb 202442min
Chapter 82- “The land kept silent…” (1212-1214)
We return to a London in the middle of a wild few years… the Great Fire of Southwark; the destruction of Baynard’s Castle; a plot to kill King John; an invasion by the French; three crusades and the d...
21 Feb 202448min
Chapter 81- “…all I have lost.” (1199-1211)
We arrive at the first dozen years of the reign of ‘Bad King John’; and enter a decade where the principal focus of the Kingdom was the disintegration of the great Empire of Henry II. But who was Joh...
14 Feb 202455min
Chapter 80- The Dancers in the Shadows (1196-1199)
The story takes a moment to reflect… there has been a lot going on over the last few years, but for all the events happening elsewhere, what can we work out was going on ‘behind the scenes’ in London ...
7 Feb 202451min
