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| Tango01 | 04 Nov 2016 12:22 p.m. PST |
…. the 5th of November gunpowder plot. "He's world famous thanks to his distinctive moustached face which has been adopted as a mask by anti capitalists but Guy Fawkes is best known for failing to blow up Westminster Palace. On November 5, 1605, Guy was foiled as he plotted to destroy the Houses of Parliament during state opening and kill all inside it including the King in what became known as the Gunpowder Plot. But aside from that what do we know about the conspirator who was just 35 when he died. He was born on April 13th 1570 in Stonegate in York, and was educated at St. Peter's School in York, preferring to be called Guido Fawkes. As a boy he lived near York with his father Edward and his mother Edith…"
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.