draforemanasstRebecca Kent

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The Spectator – Towards Zero: the gruesome countdown to the American Civil War

The North and South had been bitterly divided over slavery since the invention of the cotton gin in the 1790s, but the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 would prove the point of no return Some 100,000 books have been written about the American Civil War since it ended in 1865. That’s hardly surprising, given
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Historically Speaking: Sleuthing Through the Ages

From Oedipus to Sherlock Holmes, readers have flocked to stories about determined detectives. May 21, 2020 The Wall Street Journal I have to confess that I’ve spent the lockdown reading thrillers and whodunits. But judging by the domination of mystery titles on the bestseller lists, so has nearly everyone else. In uncertain times, crime fiction
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