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Episode 25: George Villiers
1615-1616
23 year old George Villiers supplants the disgraced earl of Somerset as King James' favourite. However, the young man quickly proves to be far more ambitious than his backers imagined, and Villiers establishes a stranglehold on power that will last over a decade.
23 year old George Villiers supplants the disgraced earl of Somerset as King James' favourite. However, the young man quickly proves to be far more ambitious than his backers imagined, and Villiers establishes a stranglehold on power that will last over a decade.
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By Greg Koabel
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1615-1616
23 year old George Villiers supplants the disgraced earl of Somerset as King James' favourite. However, the young man quickly proves to be far more ambitious than his backers imagined, and Villiers establishes a stranglehold on power that will last over a decade.
23 year old George Villiers supplants the disgraced earl of Somerset as King James' favourite. However, the young man quickly proves to be far more ambitious than his backers imagined, and Villiers establishes a stranglehold on power that will last over a decade.
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