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The history of the Crimean War, at least from the British point of view, has been written many times, with
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The premise of this slightly biographical middle grade book is that of a very multicultural boy, Kamal, finding his voice,
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
On 27 October 1924 the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic came into being as part of the Soviet Union, four years
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
A rather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
Following her escape and flight from Lochleven Castle in May 1568 after almost a year’s imprisonment, Mary, Queen of Scots
