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Referenced when discussing Sir Walter Raleigh, quoting the book's humorous description that Raleigh was 'put in the tower by James I for being left over from the previous reign.' This is the famous satirical history book.

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Tom discusses reading Canterbury Tales during the pandemic lockdown, describing how Chaucer's depiction of pilgrims meeting in a Southwark pub resonated with him during COVID restrictions. He connects Chaucer's writing about plague-era London to his own pandemic experience.