#28 ‘A formidable network of secret agents’ - Ep 5 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

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We dig deeper into the animosity between the king and Cecil whom he bullied and called names. And we see the Gunpowder plot in the context of the previous plots hatched by the Cecils against their enemies. All of which historians now agree were largely fabrications. Father and son had spies everywhere and openly boasted of their policy of entrapment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.