Richard the Lionheart: the assassination of the King of England
Richard the Lionheart: An 1199 News report on the assassination of Richard the Lionheart It's the 25th of March, 1199, Richard-The-First -King-To-Eat-The-Heart-of-A-Lion has been shot. Yes, today is a grave day for England. Our beloved and gentle King has been shot by an arrow, shot by a bow, shot by a child, who will be shot with a shotgun in the face, as he shot the King. It's shocking! Details are still coming in from our reporter at the scene, but it's a little unclear as to what happened. They say the king was out walking in the grounds of Castle Limousin, the same castle he had besieged and then captured from the Viscount-Whose-Name-You-Can't-Pronounce. A small child, or perhaps Tyrion Lannister, no one is quite sure, emerged atop the castle wall and shot him with a crossbow. No one is quite sure why Tyrion would want to shoot a King, as it seems out of character. But, as soon as we know more about the motivations of the ...