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Deep River William Charles Berwick Sayers

Berwick Sayers tells how his friend, the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, set out on his last voyage.

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Defective Democracy John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Lord Durham warned Westminster that colonial Canada must be run by elected MPs, not career bureaucrats.

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Demetrius the Diver Clay Lane

A survivor of the infamous massacre of Chios in 1821 goes to Marseilles, but discovers he has not entirely left the Turks behind.

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Democracy in Europe William Lecky

Events in Italy and Austria seemed to be bringing the day ever closer when a European democracy would vote herself into oblivion.

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Desperate Measures Sir Philip Francis

Sir Philip Francis told the House of Commons that it must not let ministers manufacture crises as an excuse for grabbing more power.

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Diamond Pitt An Indian Mahomedan

Thomas Pitt’s tenure as Governor of Madras was regarded as a golden age, but what he is remembered for is his diamond.

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