#30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot
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English - December 13, 2023 13:12 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The night before - 4 November 1605: Guy Fawkes, a Catholic with experience as a soldier fighting for the Spanish, is found with matches and fuse powder in a storeroom under the House of Lords. He’s ‘booted and spurred’, ready for a quick get-away. Or maybe not. The government account keeps changing.
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