2: Lewes: a town of smoke and flame

The Town That Knew Too Much

Nov 4, 202223:35Society & Culture

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Well, in the East Sussex town of Lewes, that 1605 assassination attempt on the Protestan...

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