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75Never Give In, Never Give In, Never Give In
Winston Churchill wrote: Never Give In, Never Give In, Never Give In at a point in British History when all seemed lost. The Brits were up against the Germans, they were starving and loosing and the...
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84Lelouch of the Rebellion: A Code Geass Review
Image Credit: the Wikipedia What if Japan were conquered by an empire of English speakers of British descent whose base of operation was in North America? And what if these conquerors did not stop at...
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76Robert Clive
It is said that very foundations of the British empire in India was laid by Robert Clive. Robert Clive nick named "Clive of India" was born on the 29th of September 1725 and had died on 22nd November 1774. ...
69Battle of Delhi (1857)
In the summer of 1757, the young and aggressive Robert Clive defeated a major Moghul force at Plassey, near Calcutta, and in doing so made Great Britain the primary power in India. A century later that power...
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76History brought to life at the 2009 Festival of History
History came to life in no uncertain manner at the 2009 Festival of History, held in the grounds of Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire on 25th and 26th July. This annual event, run by English Heritage, is a...
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62Mary Tudor- She Devil
Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry XVIII of England and Katharine of Aragon was not intended to be Queen of England. It was the intention of her parents that many sons would follow her. Some did but they did not...
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59Josephine Butler
Josephine Butler and her Role in the Campaign for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869. In the late 1860s there was a public outcry over the Contagious Diseases Acts. Foremost...
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59Eleanor of Aquitaine
In the medieval era it was incredibly rare for a woman to have any true status in society let alone the status held by Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in 1137 Eleanor of Aquitaine would marry the King of France...
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56Henry VIII
Henry VIII The following is some information on the subject of Henry VIII's involvement in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The text is in the form of some questions and answers that could be raised...
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62Nourishing The Soul
Soul A soul is the immaterial essence, animating principle or actuating cause of an individual; the spiritual principle embodied in human beings and all rational and spiritual beings of the universe… a...
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