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Padgett, MP

By Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl Cromer

Lord Cromer, a former Consul-General of Egypt, expressed his frustration at politicians who set too much store by Foreign Office briefings.

The Uganda Railway

By Winston Spencer Churchill

When it opened in 1901, the Uganda Railway still wasn’t in Uganda, and Westminster’s MPs were still debating whether or not to build it.

Mauled by a Lion

By David Livingstone

The villagers of Mabutso in Southern Africa begged Dr David Livingstone to rid them of a menacing pride of lions.

The Peacemaker

By D. H. Montgomery

American historian David Montgomery credited King Edward VII with bringing peace to Europe, the Empire and the world.

Thundering Smoke

By David Livingstone

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

Africa’s Competitive Edge

By David Livingstone

Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.

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