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The War of the Austrian Succession
By Clay Lane
Prussia’s invasion of Silesia in 1740 plunged Europe into turmoil, and a French invasion of England became a very real threat.
182
Samuel Greig
Scotsman Samuel Greig so impressed his superiors at the Admiralty in London that he was sent as an adviser to the Russian Imperial Navy.
183
The Ghosts of Edgehill
The first battle of the English Civil War was a cautious affair, but rumours persisted that it went on long after it had finished.
184
Frank Foley
A mild-mannered clerk in the British Embassy’s passport office in Berlin, just before the outbreak of war in 1939, was not all he seemed to be.
185
The Character of Captain James Cook
By David Samwell
Captain Cook’s friend and ship’s surgeon David Samwell gives us his impressions of the great explorer.
186
Byron and the Black Horse
By Edward Trelawny
The flamboyant English poet went to extreme lengths to get a refund on an unsatisfactory purchase.
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