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© Colin Pyle, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilfrid Israel used his Berlin department store as cover for smuggling thousands of Jewish children to safety in Britain.
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© Stanley Howe, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
An enterprising knight rids the Bishop of Durham of a troublesome boar, but the price comes as a shock to his lordship.
© David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
To do one’s duty is to peep into the mystery of life, and taste reward from another world.
From Wikimedia Commons.
Sir Walter’s dizzy life brought him fame and fortune in dangerous places, the most dangerous of which was Court.
© Myceneanconundrum, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snaring a wild boar turns out to be much less dangerous than keeping centaurs away from their wine.
By an American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department photographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
After the Great War, the British Government did keep one of her many wartime promises to her allies.