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The poem that outlived him by four centuries, what would you risk?
In the Tower of London, a young man writes a perfect poem before execution-will he betray his family or the Crown?
The poem that outlived him by four centuries, what would you risk?
This episode explores the life of Chidiock Tichborne, a young man born into a recusant Catholic family in Elizabethan England. It delves into the dangerous choices he made in a time when faith and loyalty to the Crown were in direct conflict.
Person: Chidiock Tichborne
Date: August 1586
Location: Tower of London
Status: Accused conspirator
Topic: Elizabethan recusancy
- Chidiock Tichborne was born into a Catholic…
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