The plague came to England in the spring of 1348, and Edmund of...

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The plague came to England in the spring of 1348, and Edmund of Lancaster was twenty years old, son of a knight who had died of the Black Death before Edmund had a chance to inherit his sword.

What Edmund did inherit was a letter from his father, sealed with wax and hidden inside the lining of a helmet that had belonged to Edmund's grandfather: My son—if you read this, the Lord has called me home. Do not weep. I have left you something better than land or titles. Within this helmet lies a device of a kind your grandfather invented, powered by principles you will not understand but...

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