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Deep River
By William Charles Berwick Sayers
Berwick Sayers tells how his friend, the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, set out on his last voyage.
140
The Martyrdom of St Edmund the King
By Elfric of Eynsham
Edmund, King of the East Angles, is given a stark choice by the Viking warrior who has ravaged his realm.
141
Gifts of the Spirit
By Cynewulf
Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf reminds us that God’s gifts to men are many and varied, and nobody ever gets them all.
142
The Voyage of Sigurd
From The Saga of Edward the Confessor
Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.
143
Home from Home
By Goscelin of Canterbury
In Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, a man from Kent founded a glittering church for English refugees.
144
Paxton’s Palace
By Clay Lane
The steering committee for the Great Exhibition of 1851 turned down all 245 designs submitted for the iconic venue.
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