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Two Lions
By Sir Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh had many grievances against James VI and I, but for peace with Scotland he was willing to forget them all.
74
The Battle of the Nile
By Jawaharlal Nehru
As Napoleon Bonaparte swept from victory to victory in Europe, he began to think he might add the East to the possessions of the French Republic.
75
The Arrest of the Five Members
By Edmund Ludlow
King Charles I ended two years of uneasy peace with his Parliament by bursting into the Commons with a heavily-armed tactical unit.
76
Robert Clive’s Vision for India
By Sir John Malcolm
As Governor of Bengal, Robert Clive hoped to use his powers and his formidable reputation to make the East India Company mend its ways.
77
Blind Date
By Sir Bernard Burke
After two punishing years rising to the top of the East India Company’s armed forces in India, Robert Clive could not spare the time to go courting.
78
A Corant On the Heath
By Walter Pope
Highwayman Claude Du Vall robbed a carriage on Hampstead Heath in the most courteous manner imaginable.
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