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Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Monday, May 26, 2025

Book Spotlight: Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift

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  'Taut, compelling and beautifully written – I loved it!’  ~ DAISY WOOD 'Tense and thought-provoking'  ~ CATHERINE LAW   19...
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Monday, February 24, 2025

Book Spotlight: Death of a Princess by R.N. Morris

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  Summer 1880. Lipetsk, a spa town in Russia. The elderly and cantankerous Princess Belskaya suffers a violent reaction while taking a mud b...
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Friday, April 7, 2017

In profile: the British princess who scandalised the royal family

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History Extra Here, Laurie Graham, the author of The Grand Duchess of Nowhere, tells you everything you need to know about the famous B...
Friday, January 22, 2016

List of Medieval Killers found Inscribed on Cathedral Wall may help solve Murder Mystery

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Ancient Origins A group of restorers working inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia, ha...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

History Trivia - The Great Fire of London begins in a bakery on Pudding Lane

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Sept 2  911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed a treaty with Byzantines. 1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hear...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

History Trivia - St. Patrick returns to Ireland

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April 5  456 St. Patrick returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop. 1242 Russian troops repelled an invasion by Teutonic knights....
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Ancient City Ruled by Genghis Khan's Heirs Revealed

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by Owen Jarus Archaeologists with the Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore have...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

History Trivia - Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hearted sign a cease fire

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  Sept 2 911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed a treaty with Byzantines. 1 192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the l...