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Britain’s Jews Clay Lane

After a thousand years of uneasy cohabitation, Edward I decided that there was no place for Jews in his Kingdom.

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Collateral Damage John Buchan

Richard Hannay reflects on the innocent lives lost, when the lust for power or the desire for revenge makes us less than human.

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Dead Man Walking John Buchan

Richard Hannay was finding life in London a little slow until a self-confessed dead man walked into his rooms.

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Hue and Cry Sir Thomas Smith

Sir Thomas Smith, one of Elizabeth I’s diplomats, explains how in her day criminals were brought to trial.

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Interregnum Clay Lane

When Parliament overthrew the capricious tyranny of Charles I, it discovered an uncomfortable truth about power.

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Merchants of Muscovy Clay Lane

In 1553, Richard Chancellor set out on a perilous voyage to Russia in order to bypass the Hanseatic League’s customs union.

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