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441 The Duellist

The History of England by David Crowther

Mar 1, 202645:16Society & Culture

1667 had not been a great year for Charles, with the humiliation at the Medway, and his pro French strategy in ruins. So he needed a scapegoat, and he needed to re-assert the primacy of the Royal Prerogative. Hosted on A...

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