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1459
The Bishop and the Chatterbox Clay Lane

One week into a Lenten retreat with the Bishop of Hexham, a boy’s miserable life is turned right around.

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1460
The Bishop’s Gambit Clay Lane

The mayor and bishop of Zakynthos went to extraordinary lengths to protect the most vulnerable people of their island.

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1461
The Black Hole of Calcutta Edward Fraser

In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal allowed his frustration with British merchants in Calcutta to get the better of him.

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1462
The Black Rood of Scotland The Rites of Durham

When the Reformers sold off the treasures of Durham Cathedral, they sold a priceless piece of Scottish history into oblivion.

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1463
The Blaze of Truth and Liberty Thomas Babington Macaulay

Macaulay recalled an Italian fable about a fairy doomed every now and then to take the form of a snake, and drew from her a lesson about Liberty.

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1464
The Blessing of Disguise Sir Walter Scott

A mysterious knight and an equally mysterious outlaw agree to preserve one another’s incognito.

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