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440 The Kingdom is Undone

The History of England by David Crowther

Feb 8, 202641:44Society & Culture

In the wake of the Great Fire, Charles worked with parliament to prepare for the 1667 campaigning season in the Second Anglo Dutch war. But there was a problem, and the problem was money. In the end a plan was hatched to...

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