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eBook Edition © October 2020
ISBN 9780008419455
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
Georgian Times
The Fall of the Bastille
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Abolition of Slavery
The Assassination of Spencer Perceval
The Battle of Waterloo
Peterloo
An Early Railway Accident
The Age of Victoria
The Coronation of Queen Victoria
The Treaty of Waitangi
Revolution in Vienna
The Great Exhibition
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Outbreak of the Indian Mutiny
Big Ben Nears Completion
The Death of Prince Albert
The Underground Railway
Gettysburg
The Road Hill House Murder
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Opening of the Suez Canal
The First Test Cricket Series
The Relief of Khartoum
The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly
The Dedication of the Eiffel Tower
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Diamond Jubilee
The Funeral of Queen Victoria
The Edwardian Era
The General Election of 1906
The End of the Dreyfus Affair
The Olympic Marathon
The Messina Earthquake
Louis Blériot Flies the Channel
The Arrest of Dr Crippen
The Last Emperor of China