Quality Pocket Books By Roy Charles

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Quality Pocket Books By Roy Charles

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Quality Pocket Books specialises in an A6 series of quality hardback books with original full colour portraits covering many aspects of British history

Provident House, Burrell Row, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1AT Katılım Mart 2018
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involved in a coup in #Oman and ‘temporarily’ handing over the Musandam peninsula over to the Sultanate of Oman. Omani sovereignty over the Musandam Peninsula meant that the Hormuz shipping lanes would lay in Omani territorial waters,..
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The #StraitsofHormuz is the latest focus of the war between USA and Iran. This waterway sits strategically at the entrance of the Persian Gulf. On the north coast lies Iran while on the south lies Oman, and it's governate territory, #Musandam, on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula>
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Andrew has previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein though has not commented on specific recent allegations. In 2025, #KingCharlesIII removed Andrew's remaining royal styles and honours. Andrew remains 8th in line to the throne (having been born 2nd in line)....
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#otd 27 Jan in 1945, the Nazis' biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland was liberated by the Soviet army. The images and testimony shocked the world. The British army and other Allies were engaged in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and Luxembourg...
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While medieval England celebrated #TwelfthNight or #Epiphany, #otd 6 Jan 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England after the death of Edward the Confessor a few days earlier. Harold II was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English #king but only reigned til his death in Oct.
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Q: Which Conservative #PrimeMinister served for 3 terms in the Victorian era? He died #otd 23 Oct, in 1869 Ans: The Earl of Derby. Despite his achievements, he left office with a mediocre political reputation & little recognition for his part in shaping the modern Tory party.
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British #tennis champion CHARLOTTE COOPER was born #otd 22 Sept in 1870. Cooper took part in 21 #Wimbledon tournaments between 1893 - 1917, winning her first ladies' single title in 1895. In 1900, she became the first female #Olympic tennis champion.
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#otd 28 Aug in 1996, the divorce of the then-Prince Charles of Wales, & Princess Diana was finalized after 15 years of marriage. Under the divorce settlement, Diana was stripped of her 'Royal Highness' title. A year & 3 days later #PrincessDiana tragically died in a car accident.
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In 1962 #otd 6 Aug, Jamaica became an independent country within the Commonwealth, after 300 years of British rule since annexation from the Spanish in 1655, led by Penn. The 1658 Battle of Rio Nuevo saw a final (unsuccessful) attempt by the Spanish to recapture #Jamaica 🇯🇲
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The birth of #BEATRIXPOTTER #otd 28 July in 1866, writer & illustrator of children's classic books, and conservationist. After her 1st book in 1901, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, she wrote and illustrated over 20 children’s tales, their lovable characters becoming nursery classics.
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Died #OTD 18 Jul 1817, #English novelist Jane #Austen. Writing about the realities of money, class & human happiness, she anonymously published 4 novels during her lifetime (incl.Pride and Prejudice, 1813), and 2 posthumously. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
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Born #OTD 1 July 1903, AMY JOHNSON was the 1st female pilot to fly solo from London to Australia. She became known worldwide, a darling of the press who dubbed her ‘Queen of the Air'. She died in 1941 on a flying mission during WW2 when her plane disappeared. #AmyJohnson
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King Edward I was born #otd 17 June 1239. He came to the throne in 1272 after the death of his father, Henry III. #EdwardI became known as 'the Hammer of the Scots', a conqueror of Wales and for the 12 stone monuments (the ‘#EleanorCrosses'), he had built for his beloved wife.
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