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Anne Bonny and Mary Read were tried and convicted for this crime in Jamaica in 1720 (6) First name of popular historical author of eg (Elizabeth Woodville) (8) Royal house that provided three kings of England in the 14th and 15th centuries (9) ____ castle, near Wrexham, built in the late 13th century by Roger Mortimer, an impressive symbol of English power (5) That part of England, colonised by Viking invaders in late ninth century, with its own legal and administrative system (7) Nation in dispute with Britain during the 1970s ‘Cod Wars’ (7) Julius ____, one of the last Western Roman emperors (474–75) (5) German battleship scuttled by its captain after being damaged by the British in the South Atlantic Fast naval vessel, originally a three-masted ship smaller than a frigate (8) Venerated Italian composer, a pioneer in the field of opera, made a senator in 1874 (5) Torch-bearer who escorted pedestrians in unlit streets (though usually a boy) (7) North African country, virtually the only Arab country never to be fully ruled by the Ottomans (7) Gold coin such as that issued by the Venetian doges (5) ____ Fry, best known for her work in reforming the 19th-century British prison system (9) The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 is regarded as the start of this era (5,3) Historical name for the countries of the eastern Mediterranean shores (6)
