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The Lighthouse Keeper Who Wished For The Greatest Storm

On the night of November 26th, 1703, the wind tears the lead roofs off Westminster Abbey. The entire Royal Navy Channel Squadron is wrecked at anchor. By morning, eight thousand people in England are dead.

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