# Book Companion - Richard II Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-richard-ii Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-richard-ii.md Podcast: [Willy Willy Harry Stee...](https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749) Published: 2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643708c2cf22560011db18ed/e/696527421f21449d6dcf27e8/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/episodes/book-companion-richard-ii Duration seconds: 3795 ## Resource Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three. One Two Three Neds, Richard Two........ Charlie Higson's canter through the Monarchy takes us to Richard The 2nd . You'd think by now that they'd have got the hang of this whole King thing. What to do. What not to do. Well, they hadn't and Richard II is a good example of the 'What Not To Do' category. Charlie's proper historian this episode sees the return of Helen Castor , author of 'She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth' and 'The Eagle & The Heart, The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV. And speaking of books, don't forget that Charlie's book of this podcast, Willie Willie Harry Stee is out now, with illustrations by Jim Moir , or Vic Reeves as you may know him. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Willie-Harry-Stee-brand-new-hilarious/dp/0008741050 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/episodes/book-companion-richard-ii/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/willy-willy-harry-stee-6300749/book-companion-richard-ii.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.