This is History: The Tudors

Was the Queen of England a French spy?

This is History: The Tudors

Show Notes

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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

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Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell

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