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Discovery and Invention
Burning Daylight
George Stephenson argued that his steam engines were solar-powered.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
Lives of the Saints
With Hymns and Sweet Perfumes
Elfric imagines how the Virgin Mary went to her eternal home.
by Elfric of Eynsham 955-1010
Poets and Poetry
King Arthur’s Last Request
The legendary British warrior makes ready for his final journey, leaving Sir Bedivere with one last duty to perform.
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809-1892
Extracts from Literature
‘God Tempers the Wind to the Shorn Lamb’
Mary Mason could not forgive herself for a past misdeed.
by Anthony Trollope 1815-1882
Classical History
Xerxes Scourges the Hellespont
The Persian King felt that a lord of his majesty should not have to take any nonsense from an overgrown river.
by Herodotus ?484-?425 BC
Anglo-Saxon Era
Turning the Tide
King Canute enacted a memorable demonstration of the limits of government power.
by Henry of Huntingdon ?1088-?1157
