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© John Sievert, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
An excited English gentleman hires a ship for a treasure-hunt, but doesn’t check his crew’s credentials.
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© Colin Smith, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
How hard-pressed Christians on the Welsh border won a battle without bloodshed.
© Jeff Buck, Geograph. Licence CC-BY-SA 2.0.
King Harold died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Or did he?
© Andrew Hill, Geograph. Licence CC-BY-SA 2.0.
A King and Queen gentler than the times in which they lived.
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Lord Byron could not have hoped for a better omen in his support for the oppressed people of Greece.
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The cruelty of the Ottoman Turks so shocked Europe that the tide of opinion turned against them.