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The Assassination of James I: Scotland's King in the Sewer
In 1437, King James I of Scotland was brutally murdered in a Perth priory by a group of nobles led by Sir Robert Graham. But this was no ordinary assassination: the king hid in a sewer tunnel, only to be trapped when a woman sealed the exit. We explore the political backdrop—James's efforts to curb the power of the Highland clans and the Lowland nobility, his controversial taxation, and his building projects including the first college at St Andrews. The episode delves into the conspiracy, the bloody climax, and the aftermath: the execution of Graham and the crown's revenge on the…
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