This episode contains descriptions of violence or sexual content that may not be suitable for all listeners.\xa0\n\n\n\nA new character enters the drama. Thomas Becket has come out of nowhere to become Henry\u2019s powerful right-hand man. Now he\u2019s entrusted with what seems to be an impossible mission: he must persuade a hostile King Louis VII of France \u2013 Eleanor\u2019s bitter ex-husband \u2013 to accept a marriage alliance between his own daughter and a Plantagenet prince. It would take a political mastermind to pull this one off\u2026\xa0\n\n\n\nThis is History is a Somethin\u2019 Else & Sony Music Entertainment production.\xa0\n\n\n\nFind more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts\xa0\n\n\n\nTo bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com\xa0\n\n\n\nWritten and presented by Dan Jones\n\nProducer - Rosie Merotra\n\nSeries Producer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills\n\nExecutive \xa0Producer - Dave Anderson\n\nExecutive Producer - Peggy Sutton\n\nProduction Manager - Jen Mistri\n\nComposer - \xa0Matt Acheson\n\nSound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices