Last updated on July 2, 2024 – 12:02 pm
Hosted by bestselling author, presenter and historian Dan Jones, “This is History” returns for its fifth and toughest season yet.
In 1306, the invincibility of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland was a thorn in the side of the Plantagenet dynasty, no matter how many wars they fought.
Desperate to seize control of the Highlands, the 68-year-old Edward I marched north to defeat the Scots once and for all, but died of dysentery.
His heir, named Edward, was mourning the death of his father and was far more interested in rekindling their passionate romance than in re-admitting his exiled lover, Piers Gaveston, to England and ruling a kingdom in turmoil.
Their relationship sparks momentous changes in English politics as all the forces in the kingdom seek to separate Piers and Edward – from Edward's ambitious and violent cousin, Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, to his long-suffering and shrewd wife, Isabella, Duchess of France – and a power struggle the likes of which the Middle Ages have never seen is brewing.
The latest series of “This is History” explores unsolved murder mysteries that have historians still asking “who did it” in a bloody tale.
Season 5 of Sony Music Entertainment's This is History will be available weekly across all podcast platforms starting July 9th.
