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George served in the Roman army and lies buried in Israel, yet he makes an ideal patron for England.
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Maximian and his friends refused to take part in a multi-faith day of prayer for unity.
© Rama, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 France.
The Israelites turn to Deborah for help after twenty years under the harsh rule of King Jabin and his stern general Sisera.
© Philip Halling, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
In 655, the future of England as a Christian nation hung by the slenderest of threads.
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Sir Charles Lucas argued that the Industrial Revolution happened at just the right time for everyone in the British Empire.
Hastings County Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Charles Lucas looked back at the role of the Government, the military and private enterprise during three centuries of British adventure overseas.