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Hace 4 días · The square is adorned with stunning statues and monuments, including three permanent statues on plinths. These statues honor King George IV, General Sir Charles James Napier, and Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, all distinguished figures from the 19th century.
- Gladys Moran
Hace 5 días · It was also clear that Sir Henry Havelock, who had been ill since the 21st was slowly dying. Suffering from dysentery, the desperate jolting he had received in the dhoolie through the night’s march had done nothing to better his situation. A soldier’s tent was pitched for him in the Dilkusha Park and his dhoolie was carefully placed inside.
Hace 5 días · Set at the beginning of the 6th Century, The Last of the Romans tells the story of the final attempt to reknit the Roman Empire. Spanning fifty years, it is a story of war, intrigue, betrayal, plague, and the constant threat of invasion and collapse.
Hace 1 día · The central characters are John Addington and Henry Ellis, two married men who collaborate on a book called Sexual Inversion. This is based on a real book of the same name published in 1897 by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds, although the book is very deliberately not an attempt at telling the real story of Ellis and Symonds.
Hace 5 días · From historian to author of historical fiction: Tom Crewe is the latest writer to bag the coveted £10,000 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut novel, The New Life. Jumping back to London 1894, there’s a cameo from Oscar Wilde, but ‘I started from a desire to push Oscar Wilde out of the centre of the ...
Hace 3 días · Historic UK - The Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756 (May 18, 2024) Black Hole of Calcutta, scene of an incident on June 20, 1756, in which a number of Europeans were imprisoned in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and many died.
Hace 4 días · Prince of Wales Isle, Malaysia – George IV, Prince of Wales – now Penang Island. Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – now Haida Gwaii. San Cristobal, Solomon Islands – Saint Christopher – now Makira. Sebald Islands – Sebald de Weert; now Jason Islands.
