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Lady Blakeney agrees to spy for the French Revolutionary government in return for her brother’s life.
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British sympathy for Roman imperial progress evaporated when officials began asset-stripping the country.
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The Scottish missionary and medic believed that slavery could better be eradicated by trade than by force.
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A young George Stephenson takes responsibility for the team spirit at Black Callerton mine.
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Howard gave his life to saving the ‘great gifts and strange inconsistencies’ of Britain’s unique democracy.
In a Christmas broadcast in 1940, actor Leslie Howard explained why British sovereignty was worth fighting for.