451 Exodus

The History of England by David Crowther

Aug 9, 202644:52Society & Culture

As the English parliament was preparing to sit, news came in of a protestant cataclysm in the making in October 1685, and soon after refugees started arriving with horror stories of persecution. The rumours were confirme...

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