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The colonist who faced the blue terror
India, 1857. In a British enclave, Katherine Bartrum watches her friend, and then her family, succumb to the deadly cholera.
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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
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The progress of the arms of the high allies, from their setting down before Lisle to the siege of Mons: Wherein Is a Fuller View of the Sieges of Lisle and Tournay, and the Battels of Audenarde, Winendale from General Webb's own Memoirs, and the Glorious Victory at Blagnies, near Mons, than has been hitherto made Pub'ick. To which is prefix'd a plan of the country where the sieges were, and the Battles Fought, with a general list of the kill'd and wounded at those Battels and Sieges.
Date: 1710- Books
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The life of John, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire; Illustrated with Maps, Plans of Battles, Sieges, and Medals, And a great Number of Original Letters and Papers Never before Published. By Thomas Lediard, Gent. ...
Lediard, Thomas, 1685-1743.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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A summary of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, and Mr Tindal's Continuation, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the End of the Reign of King George I. Illustrated With Medals, Plans of Battles, Towns, and Sieges.
Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687-1774.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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A description of a chart. Wherein are marked out all the different routes of Prince Edward, in Great-Britain; and the marches of his army, and the E-gl-sh. The Sieges are distinguished, and the Battles that were fought in his Enterprise.
Date: M.DCC.XLIX. [1749]- Books
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A military dictionary, explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification and gunnery. Useful For all Persons that read the Publick News, or serve in the Armies, or Militia, for the true understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battles, and other Warlike Occurrences. By J. W. Esq;
J. W., Esq.Date: [1730?]