Queen Victoria

The Way to Driffield

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February 23rd 2008
We spent the few hours we had in London between coach rides walking up to Orange Square, realizing we went the wrong way and then walking down to Buckingham Palace via the road of the same name. So we got to see the outside of the palace briefly and stretch our legs for the long coach ride up to York, during which I tried to sleep but couldn't actually find a comfortable enough position for more t ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more