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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2011 · 30 MIN

26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade

from The History of England

William Rufus was a flamboyant, red faced, pudgy and irreverant bloke, but none the less his father's favourite son. So Dad tipped him the wink and he left the death bed to take the throne of England from his older brother. And spent his reign trying to re-unite England and... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Rufus was a flamboyant, red faced, pudgy and irreverant bloke, but none the less his father's favourite son. So Dad tipped him the wink and he left the death bed to take the throne of England from his older brother. And spent his reign trying to re-unite England and... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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