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1951
Tilting at Windmills Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote seizes his chance to capture a giant for his lady-love, Dulcinea.

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1952
Time Itself Will Ruin Us Sir John Eliot

Sir John Eliot told the Commons that what worried him wasn’t the sabre-rattling of foreign leaders, it was incompetence and corruption at home.

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1953
Timely Progress Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

Sir Charles Lucas argued that the Industrial Revolution happened at just the right time for everyone in the British Empire.

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1954
Timothy Hackworth Clay Lane

Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) turned steam locomotives into a reliable commercial success.

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1955
Timur in Russia Clay Lane

Timur, Muslim lord of Samarkand, threw his weight behind the Golden Horde’s subjugation of Christian Russia, with unexpected results.

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1956
To Autumn John Keats

Poet John Keats speaks of the beauties of Autumn, her colours, her sounds and her rich harvest.

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