In 1680, Samuel Pepys sat down with Charles II to record
how, many years before, a bold double-bluff saved the King from Cromwell’s men.
PostedSeptember 25 2020
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Better than a Play
ByKarl Philipp Moritz
During his tour of England in 1782, Karl Philipp Moritz
dropped in on the House of Commons, and thought the histrionics in the Chamber better than any play.
PostedSeptember 24 2020
105
The Return of King Charles II
ByJohn Evelyn
Almost nine years after Oliver Cromwell’s army drove him from England,
King Charles II returned at their invitation, and John Evelyn was there to see it.
PostedSeptember 17 2020
106
‘Tremblingly Obey!’
ByJawaharlal Nehru
Following a historic embassy in 1792-93, Chien Lung, the Emperor of China,
despatched a haughty letter rebuffing King George III’s offer of trade.
PostedSeptember 6 2020
107
A Very Rapid Promotion
ByAeneas Anderson
Aeneas Anderson, who accompanied Lord Macartney on Britain’s first embassy
to China, shared a tale illustrating the Qianlong Emperor’s notion of fair play.
PostedSeptember 5 2020
108
Home, Sweet Home
ByAlexis de Tocqueville
French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville visited the USA in the 1830s,
and found a degree of contentment that he rarely found in Europe.
