Subjects

Modern History

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Germany’s Secret Weapon

As a last, desperate throw of the dice in the Great War, the Germans detonated an unusual kind of weapon in St Petersburg.

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Hooked

The great British public leaves a German tourist speechless during a county match at the Oval in London.

243

A Many-Chorded Lyre

Stylish batting in cricket is about variety, invention and frankly anything that works, and we have Dr W.G. Grace to thank for it.

244

Mir Kasim

The East India Company installed Mir Kasim as Nawab of Bengal, only to find that he had a mind of his own.

245

The Sneeze of History

It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

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The Glorious First of June

Admiral Lord Howe battered a French fleet far out in the Atlantic, and helped prevent the spread of bloody revolution.