Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Henry VII’s great-granddaughter Mary never grasped that even royalty must win the people’s respect.
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The martyr St Euphemia played a vital role in preventing the message of Christmas from being watered down.
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A professional journalist and author recognises that he has met his match
© Roger Jones, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
At twenty-five and owner of his own business, Walter Wilding thought his world was secure, but it was about to be rocked to its foundations.
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One of the best-known of all battles in English history, but not because of the conflict of which it was a part.
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The textile moguls of Manchester and Liverpool engaged the Stephensons to complete their link to the capital.