Historyzine 007: 1702, Admiral Rooke attacks Cadiz

Historyzine: The History Podcast by Jim Mowatt

Feb 27, 200835:58Society & Culture

In this episode we explore the phrase to gird your loins. We examine the case of Admiral Byng who was executed to encourage the others and we interview Tony Cox of the Binge Thinking History Podcast. There’s a shou...

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