King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; …

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