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  • The Titanic Disaster

    Omens, Mysteries & Misfortunes of the Doomed Liner

    It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage. By all accounts, the liner was at the time the largest man-made object ever to move on water. The space her decks created allowed her designers to introduce previously unseen levels of luxury. In first class, for ... Read more

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  • The Victoria Crosses of the Crimean War

    The Men Behind the Medals

    All 111 VC recipients of the Crimean War are profiled in this detailed military history—with forty-five portraits.In 1854, Great Britain went to war against the Russia Empire on the Crimean Peninsula. To honor the British soldiers who showed extraordinary valor in that conflict, the Victoria Cross was introduced. Now, drawing on four decades of accumulated research, historian James Bancroft tells ... Read more

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  • Sportspeople on Titanic

    Sporting lives intersect tragedy aboard the Titanic, revealing how athletic fame collided with catastrophe and loss.Among those onboard the RMS Titanic when it collided with an iceberg on the night of 14/15 April 1912, and sank in less than three hours with a terrible loss of life, were at least thirty people with connections to various sports. Between them, these individuals had been involved in ... Read more

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  • Titanic

    'Iceberg Ahead'

    Experience the Titanic disaster through eyewitness accounts from those who lived it in this unique and gripping history.To have sailed on 'the voyage of the century' aboard White Star Line's RMS Titanic—described at the time as 'a floating palace'—was like being one of the first passengers to fly on Concorde.On 10 April 1912, people from all walks of life began embarking on Titanic, then the ... Read more

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  • The Rorke's Drift Commanders

    Gonville Bromhead and John Chard

    Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families whose various members were highly distinguished for their military service and for their service to the church, they became reluctant heroes after ... Read more

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  • Titanic

    The Greater Manchester Connection

    The sinking of the RMS Titanic on the night of 14/15 April 1912 remains one of history’s most tragic maritime disasters. Striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage, the ship left countless heart-breaking stories of lives lost or changed forever.Greater Manchester, in England’s northwest, had strong ties toTitanic, with over thirty local people involved as passengers and ... Read more

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  • Titanic's Lifeboats

    Disaster and Survival During the Great Liner’s Sinking

    A dramatic retelling of the personal stories of the men, women, and children survivors of the Titanic lifeboats.Foot by foot Titanic’s lifeboat No.11 slowly jerked its way down the sides of the great ocean liner as it slipped beneath the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic. For the fifty or so men, women and children crammed into the lifeboat, survival was all that mattered. Even then, though, the ... Read more

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  • Titanic's Unlucky Seven

    The Story of the Ill-Fated Liner's Officers

    The Titanic disaster is examined through the experiences of seven officers, revealing their bravery and the mysteries surrounding the tragedy. The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event. The people on ... Read more

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  • The Great Redan at Sebastopol

    The Most Victoria Crosses Awarded for a Single Action

    On 18 June 1855, the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, British assault troops moved out of their trenches before Sebastopol in the Crimea, and attacked the formidable Russian bastion known as the Great Redan. They came under such a murderous fire from the Russian defenders that the attack faltered, and the British were eventually forced to fall back. As they did so, they left over 1,000 ... Read more

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  • Tombstone Tragedy

    Based on eyewitness accounts, this is a concise and informative description of the incident which came to be known as the gunfight at the OK Corral. The difficulty which ended in a deadly confrontation of firearms left six men dead or wounded and secured their names in the annals of America's Old Wild West; but why did the situation get out of hand? ... Read more

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  • Alamo Defenders

    A Fresh Perspective on the Heroes of 1836

    At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo. It was there that a small defensive force of mostly Texans had become holed up, and where they vowed to 'never surrender or retreat'. After a siege lasting thirteen days, the Mexicans assaulted the fortification during the early hours of Sunday, 6 March 1836. Except for ... Read more

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  • The Devil's Trap

    The Victims of the Cawnpore Massacre During the Indian Mutiny

    This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle.During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the strategic garrison at Cawnpore was surprised by an extended siege. Many British noncombatants were holed up in a makeshift entrenchment, suffering from thirst, starvation and disease, all while being bombarded with cannon ... Read more

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