Karen Markle Knab, Narrated by Beckett Isaiah Arnold
Lions' Forge: The Epic True Story of 5 Kings and the Lion Queen
This is the true story about the almost unbelievable life of the woman we know as Eleanor of Aquitaine. In her 80 years, she inherited one of the greatest fortunes of Western Europe, married two kings who would fight each other throughout their lives for her wealth, gave birth to two other monarchs, went on Crusade, led a war, spent fifteen years in prison, crossed the alps on horseback in her seventies, raised a king's ransom, and ruled her own lands longer than any other woman except Queen Elizabeth II. This podcast is adapted from the book, Lions' Forge, written by Karen Markle Knab; look f...
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Episodes
Season 3, Epsiode 17: Lackland 21.04.2025 46:47
The tumultuous reign of John Lackland, the only English king to be named John, who inherits----and loses---- an empire.
Season 3, Episode 16: The Greatest Lion 07.04.2025 30:12
Richard Lionheart, survivor of endless battlefields, comes at last to Chalus-Chabrol as the 12th century sees its last spring.
Season 3, Episode 15: The Fair Castle on the Rock 24.03.2025 26:12
Lionheart, once again in command, dominates the last years of the 12th century, from Normandy to Flanders, from Brittany to the empire of the Germans.
Season 3, Episode 14: My Heart is Filled with Gladness 10.03.2025 29:12
Knights and horses are set in never-ending battle array as Richard Lionheart returns from Germany to rule his lands again.
Season3, Episode 13: A King's Ransom 24.02.2025 26:18
The Plantagenet empire pays what we would call more than two billion dollars to bring its Crusader King home.
Season 3, Episode 12: Captivity 10.02.2025 26:30
Shipwrecked twice on his way home from his Crusade, Richard finds that Leopold of Austria has a very long memory.
Season 3, Episode 11: Striving For Heaven 27.01.2025 26:00
Richard Lionheart, Saladin, and their last battle for Jerusalem
Season 3, Episode 10: Even the Greatest King Can Lose His Way 13.01.2025 27:30
Richard, supreme on the battlefields of the Third Crusade, suddenly finds that neither Jerusalem nor England can be bent to his will.
Season 3, Episode 9: The Great Season of Richard Lionheart 30.12.2024 28:35
Richard wins against everything Saladin and the Muslim world can throw at him and his invincible Crusaders.
Season 3, Episode 8: So Much Left to Fate 16.12.2024 28:11
Even winning could not answer all of the questions in this Crusade.
Season 3, Episode 7: Molten Seas, Warm Blue Skies, A Shimmering Valley All Ablaze 02.12.2024 26:42
Richard Lionheart, Philip Augustus and Berengaria of Navarre play their parts in the ongoing drama of the Third Crusade.
Season 3, Episode 6: A Bad Storm Coming 18.11.2024 26:43
Richard Lionheart and Philip Augustus reach Sicily, where regal animosity begins to build.
Season 3, Episode 5: The Luck of War 04.11.2024 23:42
Both Crusaders and Saladin face desperation and death on the plains of Acre.
Season 3, Episode 4: Courage and Fate: The Battle for Acre 21.10.2024 26:11
Saladin, victor at Hattin, victor at Jerusalem, faces the unlikely combination of Conrad of Montferrat and Guy of Lusignan in the epic siege of Acre.
Season 3, Episode 3: Audita Tremendi 07.10.2024 28:56
After some forty years of peace in the Outremer, things are about to tumble into Fate’s unpredictable hands.
Season 3, Episode 2: Rivers of Cash 16.09.2024 28:40
The new king Richard frees his mother, promises to marry poor Alyse and sets his mind on another Crusade, but his key interest is raising as much money as he can from as many people as he can, even if it comes to selling London
Season 3, Episode 1: Vivat Rex! 02.09.2024 26:46
Richard Lionheart becomes the King of England!
Season 2, Episode 20: The World Cannot Hold! 19.08.2024 18:56
Violence shakes the entire world and takes the old king from his throne.
Season 2, Episode 19: All is Tumult 05.08.2024 28:32
The heavens and the earth are in constant turmoil as the 1180’s descend into chaos!
Season 2, Episode 18: Passing Glory 22.07.2024 26:07
Life is an endless battle between families and within families, between mothers and babies and death, between future and past.
Season 2, Episode 17: Dynastic Luck 08.07.2024 25:45
The Wheel of Fortune spins and spins as the last quarter of the 12th-century turns royal plans and noble alliances on their heads
Season 2, Episode 16: The Luck of Princes 24.06.2024 27:19
Henry Plantagenet visits the Becket shrine in sackcloth and ashes and his penitence wins him everything he could have wanted, from England and Ireland to the wealth of half of France.
Season 2, Episode 15: Treason! 10.06.2024 27:21
From his own sons to Scotland to Flanders to the King of France, half of Europe heads off to war with Henry Plantagenet.
Season 2 Episode 14: The Cubs Will Awaken and Roar Aloud 27.05.2024 26:32
Henry has to grapple with Becket’s death and his many sons’ lives, as they begin to reach toward their inheritances.
Season 2, Episode 13: Let Us Restore the Old Affection Between Us 13.05.2024 27:00
Henry Plantagenet, the most powerful King of his day, must at last truly confront his one-time best friend, Archbishop Thomas Becket.
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