Kings College

From Cambridge to Staplehurst

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August 3rd 2006
Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I last wrote and I hope you're all well. While I was in Reading I checked out an Abbey which was really nice. Not so nice that the last Abbot (his friend apparently) and 3 monks were hanged, drawn and quartered by King Henry XIII for 'treason.' Coincidentally, just after this the abbey became a royal palace. How things work out.......... From London I ... 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