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every 21 days
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16 minutes
Englisch
Großbritannien
18 Folgen
seit 17. Mai 2022
episodic

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'Mad'' Jack Mytton, hailed from a long line of Shropshire squires stretching back more than 500 years. When his father died, at the age of two, he inherited his family estate, including Halston Hall and an annual income equivalent to over £1.7 million. Raised by his “amiably weak and indulgent” w…

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