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Lady Jane Grey

LADY JANE GREY'S PRAYER BOOK
The book the young queen took to the scaffold
   
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  Bede's History

BEDE’S HISTORY
The first great English historical writer

   Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE
First history of England written in English

  
  Magna Carta

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

   Elizabeth I's Letter

ELIZABETH I’S LETTER
The power struggles of the Tudor dynasty revealed

  
  The East India Company

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
The beginnings of British colonial expansion

   Nelson's Memorandum

NELSON’S MEMORANDUM

How the Battle of Trafalgar was won in 1805		  
  Florence Nightingale

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

Describing appalling conditions during the Crimean War		   Ultimatum to the German Government

ULTIMATUM TO THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939		  
  Florence Nightingale

CAPTAIN SCOTT'S DIARY

Story of the Antarctic expedition, 1911-12		    

 

  
 
     
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