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Quote of the Week: 06 November

Presuming someone’s guilt can create a dangerous reaction …

BH Cover Gunpowder PlotThe Gunpowder Plot: The Narrative of Oswald Tesimond alias Greenway (ed. Francis Edwards), (The Folio Society:  London, 1973)

Given the date, and the current BBC production of ‘Gunpowder‘, currently horrifying the squeamish across the country, it seems apt to take a second quotation from this book – the first is here.

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Boar's Head, EastcheapPosted on November 6, 2017November 5, 2017Categories BBC, Bookshelf, Contextual Information, James I/VI, Politics Then and Now, Revenge, Richard III, Shakespeare, Teaching Shakespeare, William ShakespeareTags Books, Crime and Punishment, Donald Trump, Gunpowder Plot, Oswald Tesimond, Quote of the WeekLeave a comment on Quote of the Week: 06 November

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