Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By A. D. Lewis, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Stead conceived modern print journalism in the belief that newspapers could change the world.
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A man unjustly condemned to transportation finds that thieves thieve, but sometimes decency shines through too.
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Under a moonlit sky in October 1942, Allied and Axis forces met in battle on the sands of the Egyptian desert.
By Robert Pine (1730-1788), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A hen-pecked, ne’er-do-well farmer from New York took off into the Catskill Mountains, and fell in with some very odd company.
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James Tod brought order to Udaipur after years of turmoil, but not everyone appreciated him.
Vijay Singh, Raja of Jodhpur, was left to fend for himself after his army deserted him.