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A Book of Scoundrels

Read by Greg Lewin

Charles Whibley

An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…

Chapter 4

In The Old Adam

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Arnold Bennett

Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…

The Alert and Discovery, part 2

In The Romance of Polar Exploration

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G. Firth Scott

While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been told again and again, the constant renewal of expedition…

The 1865 Cable and Expedition

In The Story of the Atlantic Cable

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Sir Charles Bright

The electric telegraph, together with the railway-train and the steamship, constituted the three most conspicuous features of late 19th cent…

Of the Stiff-legged Parson and his Flock

In Micah Clarke

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…