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44. The Gunpowder Plot: Conspirators Caught Red-Handed (Ep 3)
Episode 44

44. The Gunpowder Plot: Conspirators Caught Red-Handed (Ep 3)

Journey Through Time

November 5, 202556m 5s

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Show Notes

Once Parliament was blown up, how were the plotters planning on seizing power? How did the King manage to stop the plan to blow up parliament just in time? What is the Monteagle Letter and why is this one of English history’s greatest unsolved mysteries? 


Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga telling the story of how Guy Fawkes was discovered minutes away from lighting the fuse to blow up Westminster. 


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