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The Story of London

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Henry B. Wheatley

A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…

The Beginnings of Modern Times

In The Story Of The World: A Simple History For Boys And Girls

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Elizabeth O'Neill

Dedicatory Letter. Dear Doris, I could not tell you all the things which have ever happened in the world, but I have tried to tell you short…

The Tin Mines of Cornwall

In The Romance of Mining

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Archibald Williams

Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-t…

Chapter III. The East Coast

In Submerged Forests

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Clement Reid

Submerged Forests, a volume in the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, is a study of the land beneath the coastal areas and …

Evolution of the Horse (Thomas H. Huxley)

In Little Masterpieces of Science - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer

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George Iles

Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works …

Chapter 52: British Line in the West, part 1

In A History of the Great War, Volume Three

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John Buchan

This is the third of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in along the Ypres Salient in February 1916 and stopping mid-Novem…

Preface & Introduction

In The Story of Coventry

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Mary Dormer Harris

Nowadays best known for its bombing in WWII, the English city of Coventry was founded in the early Middle Ages. Earl Leofric and his wife La…