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This is the second instalment of a three-part episode. Henry V reigned over England for nine years and four months before he died at the early age of ...
Henry V reigned over England for nine years and four months before he died at the early age of 35. He was known as a hardened, sometimes brutal, warri...
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Paul Johnson is the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past few decades in Britain. Having served as Director of the...
Paul Johnson is the economist who has set the terms of so much political debate over the past few decades in Britain. Having served as Director of the...
This is the second instalment of a three-part discussion. Philippa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier have defined the genre of historical fiction for decade...