Was the Queen of England a French spy?

February 13
38 mins

Episode Description

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Dan and Producer Al explore the likelihood of Margaret of Anjou, the English queen, having been a sleeper agent for the French. How involved was she in getting Henry VI to give up Maine? And what made Henry so useless? Did he have any redeeming features?

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Presented by Dan Jones and Alan Weedon

Senior Producer - Dominic Tyerman

Executive Producer - Simon Poole 

Production Manager - Jen Mistri 

Production coordinator - Eric Ryan 

Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell

Head of content - Chris Skinner


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