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Aug 2024
31m 19s

Season 5 | 8. Eye for an Eye

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Isabella finds herself the target of an assassination attempt as the secret rumblings of discontent suddenly explode into full-blown rebellion. King Edward sees his chance for personal revenge and amasses his troops to hunt for his hated cousin, 

 the most powerful rebel of all, Thomas of Lancaster.


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