Subjects

British History

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Thomas Brassey

The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.

296

A Leader by Example

George Stephenson won the admiration of French navvies by showing them how a Geordie works a shovel.

297

The Restoration of the Icons

By the early eighth century, sacred art was thriving in newly-Christian England, but in the East seeds of doubt and confusion had been sown.

298

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.

299

The Winter Queen

Conspiracies and dynastic expectations swirled around James I’s daughter from the age of nine.

300

Filioque

It started as an honest mistake, became a diplomatic standoff, and brought down an Empire.