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Chapter 12. Edward Baines of Leeds, or: Trowel Drop
It's the season finale! Comedian Lisa Brooke is here for the rags to riches tale of Edward Baines, the newspaperman who had the distinction of being burned in effigy by his fellow citizens not once, but twice. Brought to...
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