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Timeline
The Quebec Conference (codenamed ‘Quadrant’) takes place in Canada. Allied leaders decide that the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe, Operation Overlord, will begin with an assault landing in Normandy. Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (right) is appointed
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This Issue’s Contributors
“I don’t think the story of the Cleopatras is one of seduction per se. This is a story about women harnessing their power in a very patriarchal system.” Lloyd discusses his new book on the seven queens who shared the name Cleopatra on page 66 “Every
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When William Became Fiona
William Sharp (1855–1905) was a late Victorian author and mystic who wrote under his own name and as his female alter-ego, Fiona Macleod. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Sharp moved to London in his early twenties to pursue a career as a poet and art crit

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