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Raffles and the Reprieve of Malacca
By William Cross
The busy trading hub of Malacca was to be consigned to history, until Stamford Raffles saw that history was one of its assets.
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The Wooing of Olaf Tryggvason
By Snorro Sturluson
An aristocratic widow advertises for a husband, and among the line-up of natty and noble suitors is a rough-and-ready Olaf Tryggvason.
303
A Tale of Three Rivers
By William H. Sleeman
The Rivers Son and Narmada rise together in the hills of Amarkantak, but because of Johilla they never meet again.
304
A Woman of Spirit
By Anne Brontë
Alice was given a choice between her carriage and lady’s maid on the one hand, and Richard Grey on the other.
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A Growing Reputation
By Herbert Bury
Herbert Bury distinguished two kinds of overseas investment, and only one was worthy of Englishmen.
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‘Not to Exploit, Sir, but to Help’
Herbert Bury believed that it was the British way to profit with another country, not to profit from it.
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