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The Blaze of Truth and Liberty
By Thomas Babington Macaulay
Macaulay recalled an Italian fable about a fairy doomed every now and then to take the form of a snake, and drew from her a lesson about Liberty.
164
Unrivalled Grace
By Sir Henry Craik
Sir Henry Craik had heard such glowing reports of Agra’s Taj Mahal, that he was afraid it might prove to be an anticlimax.
165
Grendel’s Mother
By Zenaide Alexeievna Ragozin
After driving the man-eating ogre Grendel from Hrothgar’s hall, Beowulf must now deal with Grendel’s anguished and vengeful mother.
166
Death Grip
The terrible monster Grendel, secure in the knowledge that no blade can bite him, bursts into Hrothgar’s hall expecting another meal of man-flesh.
167
Fly on the Wall
By Sir Francis Bacon
Henry VII made sure that he had eyes and ears wherever they were needed to put an end to thirty years of political conspiracy.
168
‘I Shall Keep This for Aunt Jane’
By James Edward Austen-Leigh
James Edward Austen-Leigh tells us what it was that made his aunt, the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, so remarkable.
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