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    Series series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    More than five hundred years of British true crime stories—from mutinies and murders to duels and executions.This collection of historical true crime tales includes more than twenty notorious episodes that range from medieval times to the modern era, and offers a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind.Set in the vicinity of Portsmouth, England, these intriguing and shocking ... Read more

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  • Struggle and Suffrage in Portsmouth

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    This social and political history of women's suffrage in Portsmouth, England, covers a century of struggle from the mid-nineteenth century into the twentieth.The women of Portsmouth had to be tough. Many of them kept their families together during wartime, others worked in domestic service or in nearby stay factories. The local suffrage movement was driven as much by the lack of opportunity as by ... Read more

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  • Portsmouth in the Great War

    by Sarah Quail ...
    Series series Your Towns & Cities in the Great War
    Portsmouth in the Great War is a story with a cast of thousands. They included a future archbishop and at least six brave and determined young clergymen with a talent for writing letters who volunteered as Army chaplains. There was the first naval VC of the war who was also the first submariner VC ever; a glamorous commander-in-chief, a number of dashing naval and marine officers and men - and a ... Read more

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  • Execution

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