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"Good God I am shot! I shall die!"The colourful kaleidoscope of British elections from 1265 to their
The image of Saint George astride his horse, sword and spear in hand, slaying a dragon, is one of th
"When dragons flew to war… everything burned. I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone."
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In 972AD a princess of the Byzantine Empire was sent by her uncle, the Roman emperor in Constantinop
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In 1870 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann - a man of remarkable energy, desperately fasci
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"I will bury my heart, at Wounded Knee"With Native American culture in free fall in the years follow
Following the tragic death of Crazy Horse and the ruthless cessation of the Sioux way of life, the l
Though the Battle of the Little Bighorn seemed for the triumphant Lakota and their allies - the larg
What happened between the moment that George A. Custer dispatched a trumpeter with his famous final
“You and I are going home today, and by a trail that is strange to us both…”The Battle of The Little
The U.S. was cast into a spiralling panic following the economic depression of 1873, and waves of pa
In the wake of the barbaric Washita River massacre, George Custer found himself drifting; addicted t
"What would you do if your home was attacked? You would stand up like a brave man and defend it. Tha
Of all the great characters entangled in the story of George A. Custer and the American Indian Wars,
With the American Civil War coming to a close in April 1865, George Custer, cavalry commander in the
“Come on, you Wolverines!”The story of the American Indian Wars of 1862-68 is an enthralling tale of
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Habsburg dynasty's mightiest ruler, was at once King of Spain,
