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1945
Through Russian Eyes (William) John Birkbeck

After a visit to England in 1847, Aleksey Khomyakov published his impressions of our country and our people in a Moscow magazine.

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1946
Thundering Smoke David Livingstone

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

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1947
Thus Angels Sung George Wither

A Christmas hymn from the seventeenth century, recalling the song the angels sang to the shepherds of Bethlehem.

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1948
Thus Was the Empire Born Rudyard Kipling

According to Kipling, the British Empire was the last resort of Englishmen who could not stand conditions at home.

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1949
‘Thy Necessity is Yet Greater than Mine’ Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke

Elizabethan courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney shows that a nobleman can also be a gentleman.

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1950
Till We Meet Again Lili Dehn

When Lili Dehn was bundled out of the Alexander Palace in the Spring of 1917, Empress Alix reassured her that they would meet again.

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