Firelight from burning ships reflected from low clouds along the River Thames, turning the water into molten gold and causing consternation among the seamen. Smith stopped one of the crowd, who gathered to gape at the scene.
“What’s the to-do?”
“They’re burning Catholic ships,” the man informed him. “Lord George Gordon discovered that Bancroft and Shapland were agents of the Pope and King Louis of France.”
How quickly false news spreads and expands.
How quickly false news spreads and expands.“I wasn’t aware of that,” Smith said and hurried to find a viewpoint. He watched anxiously to see if any of the two vessels he had in the Thames were in danger.
“London’s Capital was safely moored in mid-river, while London’s Tower was only three cables’ lengths from the fire and swinging with the
