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The ridiculous bets that took place 200 years ago
Tom Holland discusses a gambling crisis over 200 years ago in London with historical author Matthew Green. They take a look at the kind of events going on in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, from morbid bets to people losing fortunes. First broadcast on Making History, 6 February 2018.
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