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Protective splatter masks of tank crews with chainmail veils and eye slits
What do you think this is? And to what period does it belong?
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Reluctant to Leave One's Bed
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Obviously, Which Chair I Chose
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Lessons in Hospitality: Should You Invite Me to Dinner, Adorn the Table with Napkins Bearing the Châteaux of France
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Griboyedov's Country Estate Has Been Under Restoration for More Than Fifty Years, and I Cannot Say Whether That Is a Good Thing or a Bad One
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Anyone interested in the Battle of Wakefield, or in the Wars of the Roses generally, will enjoy this entertaining comic strip: http://johnwelding.blogspot.ru/2012/02/battle-of-wakefield-1461-comic-strip.html?m=1
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Stéphane Bern's new book on the royal châteaux of France as a birthday gift
One of the finest presents I could have hoped for on my birthday. A new book by my friend, the journalist Stéphane Bern, on the royal châteaux of France
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Petition of Ehrenburg's mother to the Emperor for her son's pardon and the 1911 sentence
The letter describes how Ehrenburg was released on bail and left for Paris, whence he could not return to be served with the indictment on grounds of ill health, "being ill with acute articular rheumatism, complicated by heart disease" Although other sources tell us that at this time
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This year marked 125 years since the birth of Ehrenburg, a man of interesting biography and, perhaps, a fortunate fate
This year marked 125 years since the birth of Ehrenburg, a man of interesting biography and, perhaps, a fortunate fate. I should like to acquaint you with a curious archival file on the arrest of the young Ilya Ehrenburg
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Vladimir Monomakh is remembered not only for his sovereign deeds, but also for the texts he left behind
Vladimir Monomakh is remembered not only for his sovereign deeds, but also for the texts he left behind. In his "Instruction" he writes a good deal about his own life. With great pride the prince describes his military campaigns and his hunting, giving the two equal attention and
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Monomakh was depicted in a two-tiered hat that looked more like a papal tiara than the Cap of Monomakh, which, according to legend, the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX presented on a golden platter to his grandson Vovka
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Coat of arms of the Isle of Man with triskelion, crown, falcon, raven and motto
The arms of Mann are rather splendid too: the Sicilian triskelion (a tripod), the coronation crown of St Edward, supporters a falcon and a raven. The motto is Quocunque Jeceris Stabit: "Whichever way you throw it, it will stand".