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Historical texts

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The book the young queen took to the scaffold

The first great English historical writer

First history of England written in English

Cornerstone of liberty written in 1215 - but what does it say?

The power struggles of the Tudor dynasty revealed

The beginnings of British colonial expansion

How the Battle of Trafalgar was won in 1805

Describing appalling conditions during the Crimean War

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939

Story of the Antarctic expedition, 1911-12

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