What happens when you make a nine-year-old boy king of England? It turns out, it\u2019s a recipe for unscrupulous advisers and a king unlike any the nation has ever known.\n\n\n\nHenry III is the opposite of his cruel father: he is compassionate and pious, but he\u2019s also indecisive and easily manipulated. When trouble brews in Plantagenet lands in France, Henry\u2019s brother, the wily and calculating Richard, is sent to assert the Plantagenet authority. It\u2019s a decision that Henry and his advisors will come to sorely regret. .\xa0\n\n\n\nA 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\nLearn more about your ad choices.\xa0\n\nVisit\u202fmegaphone.fm/adchoices\xa0\n\n\n\nWritten and presented by Dan Jones\n\n\n\nProducer and Story Editor - Georgia Mills\n\nExecutive \xa0Producer - Louisa Field\n\nProduction Manager - Jen Mistri\xa0\n\nComposer - \xa0Matt Acheson\xa0\n\nSound Design and Mixing - Chris O'Shaughnessy\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices