Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Ralph Neville spoiled David of Scotland’s alliance with France in the Hundred Years’ War
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The proof of Thomas Ferres’s rags-to-riches tale is quite literally written in stone, but popular lore adds some tantalising and romantic detail.
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When Edward III sent the Earl of Salisbury to take her absent husband’s castle, Agnes brushed his attack aside - literally.
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A gifted composer of classical music in the romantic tradition, admired by Stanford, Elgar, and Sullivan.
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Edward Elgar suffered from depression, and ‘Nimrod’ is his token of thanks to the true friend who supported him through it.
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Michelangelo had a message for all serious entrepreneurs.