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Discovery and Invention
The Character of Captain James Cook
Captain Cook’s friend and ship’s surgeon David Samwell gives us his impressions of the great explorer.
by David Samwell 1751-1798
Scandinavian History
The Day London Bridge Fell Down
In 1014, Norwegian prince Olaf Haraldsson sailed to the aid of King Ethelred the Unready in his struggle with the Danes.
by Snorro Sturluson 1179-1241
The Conversion of Rogaland
Zealous convert Olaf Tryggvason went from England to Norway to spread the Gospel, but it seemed the Lord did not like Olaf’s way of doing it.
Sir Stamford Raffles
Mr and Mrs Raffles
Abdullah Abdul Kadir gives us his first-hand impressions of the Founder of Singapore and of his first wife, Olivia.
by Abdullah Abdul Kadir 1796-1854
Raffles and the Reprieve of Malacca
The busy trading hub of Malacca was to be consigned to history, until Stamford Raffles saw that history was one of its assets.
by William Cross 1919
The Wooing of Olaf Tryggvason
An aristocratic widow advertises for a husband, and among the line-up of natty and noble suitors is a rough-and-ready Olaf Tryggvason.
