Subjects

History

in The Copy Book

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901

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Only an anonymous tip-off prevented England losing her sovereignty as well as her King.

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902

The Siege of Khartoum

General Gordon’s death was a sensation and a scandal in its day.

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903

St Andrew, Patron of Scotland

Scotland’s association with the brother of Peter is down to an early 8th century Bishop of Hexham.

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904

The Battle of Neville’s Cross

Ralph Neville spoiled David of Scotland’s alliance with France in the Hundred Years’ War

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905

The Battle of Salamis

As the Persian Empire’s grip tightened by land and sea, it fell to one man to unite Greece in a last desperate bid to break it.

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906

A Battle of Wills

Following an appalling atrocity in fourth-century Thessalonica, two strong and determined men refused to back down.

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