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By Francis Holman (1729–1784), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Adam Smith contrasted the Government’s handling of the national economy with the way most families handled theirs.
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© Eric Jones, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
During his Welsh campaign, Henry II asked one of his allies what he thought the future of Wales would look like.
Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
It rankled with Henry II that Wales did not pay to him the honour she had paid to his great-grandfather, William the Conqueror.
By Ernest Goupil (1814-1841), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Charles Darwin was on hand in 1836 to witness the catastrophic effects of a series of earthquakes in Chile.
By Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.
By Richard Burchett (1815–75), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
On the night when Edward IV won his crown back from Henry VI, he had to decide how to deal with those who had still been backing Henry during the day.
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