Name: #30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot by History Cafe
Duration: 33 min 19 s
Description: 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.

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.

#30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

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#30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

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