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1843
The Spectatress George Canning MP

George Canning urged Britain not to bring Continental Europe’s topsy-turvy politics home by getting too closely involved.

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1844
The Speech of King Caratacus Cornelius Tacitus

A proud British king, taken to Rome as a trophy of Empire, refused to plead for his life.

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1845
The Spinning Mule Robert Chambers

It was not just his own family that wanted to know what Samuel Crompton was doing by night in his quaint Bolton workshop.

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1846
The Spy Clay Lane

In 1910, Constantine Zervakos, a young monk from the Greek island of Paros, found himself charged with espionage.

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1847
The Squeers Method Charles Dickens

Mr Squeers explains his educational philosophy to his new and bewildered assistant master at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire.

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1848
The Star that Winked Clay Lane

John Goodricke’s observations of Algol won him the Copley Medal while still in his teens, despite his disability.

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