Sir Edward Coke, prosecutor of Guy Fawkes
Great Lives
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Gunpowder, Plot and Treason
Sir Edward Cook was chief prosecutor at the trial of Guy Fawkes. He is portrayed as a creepily and viciously just doing what the monarch says. Ian Hislop has written a novel, but there isn't a film about his life. We also have Dr Alexandra Geider from Oxford University to talk about him.
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