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Miscarriages of Justice by John J. Eddleston
epub |eng | 2009-11-18 | Author:John J. Eddleston

The Old Bailey where Seddon, and many of the others in this book, faced their trials for murder. Author's collection Alice Rutt had worked two days per week for the ...
( Category: Great Britain September 29,2014 )
Schism: The Battle That Forged Freemasonry by Berman Ric
mobi |eng | 2014-09-20 | Author:Berman, Ric [Berman, Ric]

CHAPTER SEVEN The King’s Arms Lodge In the 1720s and early 1730s, the duke of Richmond’s Horn tavern had dominated Grand Lodge and a few key members substantially controlled the ...
( Category: Freemasonry September 26,2014 )
Schism : The Battle That Forged Freemasonry (9781782840060) by Berman Ric
epub |eng | 2014-09-25 | Author:Berman, Ric

JOHN REVIS In 1723, John Revis (—?–1765) was Junior Warden of the Crown & Anchor lodge close to St Clements Church, a few steps away from Jesse’s house in Clement’s ...
( Category: Freemasonry September 26,2014 )
Sandakan - The Untold Story Of The Death Marches by Paul Ham
epub |eng | 2013-07-17 | Author:Paul Ham [Ham, Paul]

25 THE GUARDS One [Australian] was puffed up with beri beri in the legs and face and was getting along all right on his own and could have made it; ...
( Category: Great Britain September 23,2014 )
Counting Sheep by Philip Walling
epub |eng | | Author:Philip Walling

9 THE SUFFOLK It profiteth the lord to have discreet shepherds, watchful and kindly, so that the sheep be not tormented by their wrath, but crop their pasture in peace ...
( Category: Animals September 22,2014 )
Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Michael Asher [Asher, Michael]

10 The 19th Hussars under Lieut. Colonel Percy Barrow dashed up to the square to find it was all over. They had been tasked with skirmishing to the left, but ...
( Category: England September 22,2014 )
The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland by Moffat Alistair
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2012-05-22 | Author:Moffat, Alistair [Moffat, Alistair]

* * * What Have the Romans Ever Done? There are few more distinguished historians of Wales than John Davies and his excellent one-volume history has no peers. Generously, he ...
( Category: Scotland September 22,2014 )
The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great by Benjamin R. Merkle
epub |eng | 2009-11-03 | Author:Benjamin R. Merkle [Merkle, Benjamin R.]

With the battle of Edington won and the army of Guthrum decisively conquered, it would seem that the time for Alfred to begin his celebrations had come. Surely this hard-won ...
( Category: Great Britain September 22,2014 )
Anglomania by Ian Buruma
epub |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Ian Buruma [Buruma, Ian]

THIS WAS NOT the way Coubertin chose to read Taine. He was bowled over by Notes on England. In his excitement, he ignored the negative impressions described in the book ...
( Category: European September 22,2014 )
Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
epub |eng | 2014-04-30 | Author:Ronald McNair Scott [Ronald McNair Scott]

Bruce had used this raid to test the quality of the resistance he might expect, and having found it wanting he resolved to enlarge the scale of his invasion. Taking ...
( Category: Scotland September 22,2014 )
A Great and Glorious Adventure by Gordon Corrigan
epub | | | Author:Gordon Corrigan [Corrigan, Gordon]

Sir John Hawkwood. Painting by artist Paolo Uccello created in 1436, currently displayed at the Duomo in Florence, Italy. A highly competent military commander made redundant by Edward III after ...
( Category: England September 22,2014 )
Censoring Queen Victoria by Yvonne M. Ward
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Yvonne M. Ward

Chapter 8 THE WELCOME FOREIGNER: PRINCE ALBERT TIME AND AGAIN, IT has been observed by biographers how unlike his father Albert was. Born in 1819, Albert was the second son ...
( Category: Great Britain September 22,2014 )
No Middle Ground by Sanjeev Shetty
epub |eng | 2014-09-21 | Author:Sanjeev Shetty

Scene III For now, Nigel Benn was isolated. The controversial nature of the Eubank–Watson fight and the immediate rematch meant his name wasn’t mentioned as a future opponent for either ...
( Category: Great Britain September 22,2014 )
The Devil Comes to Dartmoor by Laura Quigley
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-08-22 | Author:Laura Quigley

Chapter Seven Declarations of War Many story-tellers criticise Mary as a ‘bad mother’, neglecting her children at Fitzford1, but during Sir Richard’s five-year absence, Mary did try to spend time ...
( Category: Great Britain September 22,2014 )
Bible and Sword by Barbara W. Tuchman
epub |eng | 2011-06-07 | Author:Barbara W. Tuchman [Tuchman, Barbara W.]

Mehemet, smoking his diamond-studded pipe, promised him “any portion of land open for sale in Syria” and agreed to “do everything that lies in my power” to support his project. ...
( Category: England September 22,2014 )

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