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#1 Lauzun, while having a reputation as a notorious rake, would also become one of France's most famous soldiers. His courage under fire in Corsica would lead to the command of a prestigious regiment. In 1779, he would command an expedition that briefly captured Senegal for France.
#2 The military culture of Lauzun's Europe was very different from our own. It was an...
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#1 The secret service had to build upon slim prewar beginnings. One reliable agent was Arthur George Owens, who was working for a high-technology firm with business interests in Germany. He was an electrical engineer, chemist, and inventor, and his abilities in battery technology opened doors for him on the Continent.
#2 The German intelligence agency, the Abwehr, recruited...
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#1 In 1831, Anne Lister began settling into a new apartment overlooking the sea at 15 Pelham Crescent in Hastings. She was pleased to discover a comforting piece of Yorkshire Parkin in her packing box.
#2 Anne Lister had been introduced to the Hobarts and Stuart de Rothesays in 1829 by Vere's late aunt, Sibella Maclean. They were important society people, and Vere's...
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#1 Anne Lister was a girl who was different from the other girls at her boarding school. She wanted to learn more than was customary for girls her age, and she was called the Solomon of the school.
#2 Anne's childhood was extremely poor. She had little money, and her father did not spend it wisely. She spent her early years in the Yorkshire Wolds, and her later years...
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#1 The Karelian Isthmus is a land bridge between Russia and Scandinavia, and has been a highway for tribal migrations, a conduit for trade, and a springboard for conquest. The Isthmus has been a battleground between Russia and Sweden and has suffered as a result.
#2 Finland was a Swedish province from 1721 to 1809, when it was ceded to Russia as a function of the general...
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#1 The first Christian bishop was sent to Ireland in AD 431, and his name was not Patrick. The theologian St. Prosper of Aquitaine records the event. The first Christian bishop was Palladius, and he spent most of his time in Ireland ministering in Baltinglass.
#2 Patrick was a Romanized British man who grew up comfortably in his province. He was captured by Irish...
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#1 The modern visitor to the Highland areas of Scotland encounters the Picts through their spectacular artistic legacy. They made their first appearance in the historical record in the third century, when their raiding activities troubled the authorities of Roman Britain. They vanished from the pages of history in the eighth century.
#2 The king-list is a source of data...
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#1 The town of Pécs, Hungary, is a good place to start the history of Habsburg Europe. It is the last place heading south before the landscape gets terminally dusty, and it has a frontier atmosphere. The town was a wine colony in the fourth century, but was destroyed by Hun raiders in AD 400.
#2 The area that would become the southern zone of the Habsburg Empire was...
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#1 The visit that the Habsburg heir and his wife, Sophie, paid to Sarajevo lasted only an hour, but the drama of those 60 or 70 minutes has revolutionized the course of modern history.
#2 The view of Sarajevo from the southwest is a lovely one. The valley of the Miljacka, a shallow torrent that cuts the town in two, narrows at its eastern outskirts to a rugged...
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#1 The way a fire burns is important. Some fuels burn in short, concentrated bursts, while others burn over a longer, slower period. Fuel can be treated in a number of ways to alter its nature and behavior within the fire.
#2 The smith's forge is a great demonstration of the possibilities of fire. Working with coal, the smith can create a fairly shallow fire that is...
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#1 The British Empire began with the theft of Spanish gold by Henry Morgan in 1663. It was not conceived by self-conscious imperialists, but by thieves who were trying to steal the proceeds of someone else's Empire.
#2 The British Empire was acquired by imitation. The English were late starters in the European race for empire, and they only acquired Jamaica in 1655....
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#1 The divided nature of Britain is not unique, and its experience is not unique in that regard. Every state has experienced internal division, and the current disputes over these divisions possess ample precedent.
#2 The United Kingdom is a recent invention. It only became the official umbrella designation for England, Wales, Scotland, and for all or part of...
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#1 The first step out of bed for most people was to shiver, and the start of the day for most working people was dawn. The knocker-upper was a man who tapped on the windowpanes of his clients to wake them up.
#2 The first thing you would do in the morning was get warm by lying down on a rug. Windows were often left open overnight, to allow cool currents of fresh air...
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Book Preview: #1 The painting is typical of Vasnetsov's work. It is detailed and evocative, and it is quite wrong. It shows Prince Ryurik landing on the shores of Lake Ladoga from his distinctive dragon-prowed Viking longship, along with his brothers and retinue.
#2 The lands of the Slavs were attractive to the Scandinavian traders. They were often invaded and conquered by their neighbors,...
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#1 The United States had two agencies that decoded intercepted communications: one in the army and one in the navy. This arrangement may have made the maximum number of bureaucrats happy, but it sometimes led to counterproductive results.
#2 The Government Code Cypher School was created in 1919 to decode messages between the German government and its agents. It was...
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#1 I wanted to explain how the Stalingrad cauldron ended, and how thousands of men were killed, frozen, starved, or devoured by lice. I did not see one soldier who gave his life out of enthusiasm for Führer and country, but all of them fought for their lives until the last.
#2 On November 22, the Battle of the Don began. The 9th Company was pulled out of Stalingrad to be refreshed...
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#1 Florence in 1433 was a city of squares and towers, of busy, narrow, and twisting streets, of fortress-like palaces with massive stone walls and overhanging balconies, of old churches with geometrical patterns on their façades, and of abbeys and convents.
#2 The city was very congested around the stone bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, which spanned the Arno at...
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Get the Summary of Kermit Lynch's Adventures on the Wine Route in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Adventures on the Wine Route" by Kermit Lynch chronicles his explorations and discoveries in the French wine industry. Lynch's journey begins in the Loire Valley, where he develops a fondness for the region's red wines, particularly Cabernet Franc from Chinon and Bourgueil. He is surprised by a Sancerre rouge and impressed...
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#1 The story of human beings in Ireland is very short. The first evidence of people living in Ireland goes back only to c. 8000 BC, to the era known as the Mesolithic or middle stone age. The first Irish settlers, at sites such as Mount Sandel in Co. Derry and Lough Boora in Co. Offaly, seem to have depended on wild boar and fish for their non-plant foods.
#2 The island...
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