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163. Rhino Borked Guy

The Allusionist

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Guy Fawkes and the Montyville Letter

13 plotters were involved in the thwarted 1601 Essex rebellion against Queen Elizabeth. They rented a vault beneath Parliament and hid 36 barrels of gunpowder, which they planned to detonate on day of parliament's state opening. Guy Fawkes was arrested when he went into the vault to check that everything was ready for the next day.

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