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Helen Castor: The Eagle and the Hart

We welcome back medieval historian Helen Castor to the festival to talk about her new book, The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV. Richard had birthright on his side, and a profound belief in his own God-given majesty; beyond that, he lacked all qualities of leadership. Henry had everything Richard lacked, all the qualities of a sovereign, bar one: birthright. A king who was a tyrant was replaced by a king who was a usurper.

Her other books include the award-winning Blood & Roses, a biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth, which was made into a BBC2 TV series and Joan of Arc, which was dubbed 'a triumph of history' (Guardian).

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