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historytheinterestingbits.com
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| | | | | Arms of the House of Bar You would think that a man who was given a king's granddaughter as a wife would relish the glamour and connections such a bride brought. However, this was not always the case and nowhere is it more obvious than in the life and marriage of Joan of Bar. Joan... | |
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nitrateglow.wordpress.com
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| | | | | This post is for the Classic Television Blogathon hosted by Classic Film and TV Corner. A confession: I'm not much for television. It's more me than the medium itself. I have a hard time committing to series, probably because I have been burned too many times by investing hours of my life into shows that... | |
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danspencer.info
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| | | | | Beaumaris Castle Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey was one of the castles built by Edward I after his conquest of Wales in the late thirteenth century. Construction work began in early 1295 with many hundreds of men employed on the project and huge quantities of stone, timber and other supplies sent to the site. Over the... | |
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zythophile.co.uk
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| | | In the autumn of 1775, Henry Thrale, owner of one of the biggest porter breweries in London, took his family on a trip across the English Channel to Paris. With them went Dr Samuel Johnson, the dictionary-writer and author, and one of the great literary figures of 18th-century England, who had been good friends with | ||
