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Dying In Victorian Britain
How did people in the Victorian era care for the dying? Obviously, there were as many ways of caring for the dying in the 19th century as there are today. The main difference, perhaps, was that for the great bulk of the population, dying happened at
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Operation Unthinkable Had Become Reality?
In 1945, with Nazi Germany defeated, Britain was already planning World War III. Well not exactly, but Prime Minister Winston Churchill had become disturbed by the Soviet Union’s occupation of much of Eastern Europe. On his orders a plan was drawn up
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TERROR IN THE Tower of London
For more than 900 years, the Tower of London has guarded the north bank of the River Thames. At various times a royal palace, menagerie, public record office, mint, arsenal, bank vault and prison, it has played a central role in England’s history. In

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