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James I to the Interregnum by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings of England from James I in 1603 to the Interregnum in 1651.

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The Interregnum to Anne by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from the Interregnum in 1651 to Queen Anne in 1702.

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Anne to George III by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Queen Anne in 1702 to George III in 1760.

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George III to Victoria by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from George III in 1760 to Victoria in 1837.

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Victoria to George VI by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Victoria in 1837 to Elizabeth II in 1952.

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Henry IV to Henry VI by Clay Lane

A quick overview of the Kings of England from Henry IV in 1399 to Henry VI in 1422.

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May 8 OS

A Personal Favour : Over a hundred young Greeks were slated to be shot after resistance fighters and British forces sabotaged an airfield.
The Miracle of St John of the Caves : The story of an unexpected escape through the heart of a hill.
The Peninsular War : Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.
Thick and Thin : Express each of these ideas as a single word.
Break : Explain what each of these common expressions means, and give examples.
Blind Guide : William Wirt recalls an overpowering sermon from a blind man in a little wooden chapel.
It’s All in the Delivery : Aeschines paid tribute to the oratory of his greatest rival — whether he meant to or not.
The Road to Ruin : George Berkeley warned that industry, not financial speculation, was the guarantee of a nation’s wealth.
Signs of Command : Suggest publicly-displayed commands, and say how many of them are sentences.
My Native Notes : Scotsman James Boswell always spoke good English when in England, but he was careful to leave a little Scots in.
Hidden Message : Reveal the hidden message in a letter, and write a coded letter of your own.
The Great and the Good : Daniel Defoe wondered whether goodness was not preferable to greatness.
Statements, Questions and Commands : Choose a word from our list, and then use it in any one of the three basic types of sentence — if possible.
Sentegrams : These sentences, taken from English literature, have been jumbled up like an anagram; see if you can piece them back together.
Good Sense : Rewrite these sentences so that the word ‘unless’ is not used.
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