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America in the antebellum years was a deeply troubled country, divided by partisan gridlock and ideological warfare, angry voices in the streets and the statehouses ...
The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost ...
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These private journals, made available here for the first time, record Hugh Trevor-Roper's visit to the People's Republic of China in the autumn ...