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Political Card Playing Across English Reigns
The passage traces rulers and ministers as card players, noting Wolsey’s wealth, Elizabeth’s prudence, Stuart ministers draining funds, and leaders like Marlborough and Bolingbroke. It highlights the South Sea Bubble of 1720, when gamblers emptied the nation of about £1.5 million, expelling several MPs and exposing treachery at high levels.
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Henry VIII
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Whitehall
Lampton-Court Palace
Chris-Church College
Oxford
Edward VI
Mary
Elizabeth
Somerset
Buckingham
Clarendon
Danby
Charles
Fefferies
Wham
England
Europe
Queen Anne
Duke of Marlborough
Bolingbroke
House of Commons
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