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    CROSSWORD

    Oct 26, 2023 3 minutes

    Test your history knowledge to solve our prize puzzle – and you could win a fantastic new book

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    Rank in the Household Cavalry (8,2,5)  ___ Congress, 1848 political meeting in Prague (3–4)  Byname of Charles IV of France (3,4)  Ancient king of Babylon, known for his code of law (9)  Bishop of Rome who succeeded Saint Peter (5)  Members of the Society of Friends, founded in the mid-17th century (7)  Henryk ___ (1933–2010), Polish composer (7)  Ancient people of western South America (5)  Massachusetts island, formerly a whaling centre (9)  Roman senator (d42 BC) who plotted against Caesar (7)  Doris ___ (1919–2013), British-Zimbabwean novelist (7)  1817 novel by Jane Austen (10,5)

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