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The Second World War
The Girl in the Barn
Ten British POWs in German-occupied Poland decide to help a young Jewish woman escape the SS and a death march to the sea.
Tudor Era
Asylum Christi
Samuel Smiles explains how Tudor England was transformed from sleepy backwater to hive of industry.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
Discovery and Invention
Not for Sale
Sir Humphry Davy pleads with Britain’s scientists not to be bought by Napoleon’s gold.
by Sir Humphry Davy 1778-1829
Liberty and Prosperity
Folly and Freedom
Britain’s colonies were founded to supply her Government with gold, but instead they supplied her people with liberty.
by Adam Smith 1723-1790
The Empire of Enterprise
Adam Smith credited the British Empire’s success not to the policy of her Government, but to the character of her people.
Georgian Era
Portrait of a Lady
Edmund Burke takes time off from campaigning for liberty to reflect on the delights of captivity.
by Edmund Burke 1729-1797