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1759
The Peacock Throne Abdul Hamid Lahori

The dazzling throne of the Mughal Emperors has vanished from history, but not before Abdul Hamid Lahori had seen it.

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1760
The Peasant, the Penny and Marko the Rich Clay Lane

Marko adopts drastic measures to get out of repaying the loan of a penny.

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1761
The Peculiar Customs of Lilliput Jonathan Swift

The people of Lilliput are strangely small, but their ideas are bizarre in a big way.

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1762
The Pedlar of Swaffham Abraham de la Pryme

A persistent dream prompts a Norfolk tradesman to walk all the way to London in the hope of bettering his lot.

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1763
The Peninsular War Clay Lane

Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.

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1764
The Perils of the Learned

Persian scholar Al-Ghazali feared for any country where morals were lagging behind brains.

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