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406 – King’s Rook Takes Pawn

The British History Podcast

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The Sons of Harold Godwinson - A History of Insurgency

The raid on Avonmouth was an inauspicious start, but it wasn't the end of the world either. They could just get back on their ships and sail a little ways farther down the estuary to the Shire of Somerset. Somerset had a long history with rebellions and invading forces. This marshy landscape could be a formidable base camp from which to launch a rebellion.

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