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The Gowrie Conspiracy

The truth of the events of 5 August 1600 will likely remain unknown.

Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 50 Issue 8 August 2000

Gowrie House, Perthshire (looking east). Hutton Drawings, National Library of Scotland.

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