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Edwardian paranoia

The Edwardian era was an unsettling time for Britain. Queen Victoria had died, and with her the certainties of the late Victorian era. People were unsure of what, exactly, was Britain’s place in the world, and if there would be … Continue reading

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Cooktown and the Panjdeh crisis of 1885

Over on one of my other blogs I mention that there seems to be some confusion over the provenance of the Cooktown gun. The myth is that in 1885 the town council was worried about a Russian invasion an requested … Continue reading

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The Society of Friends of Russian Freedom

Sometimes a diagram is best. On the back of my looking into the life of Ethel Voynich, I kept on coming across the same names, sometimes in different contexts, so to try and make sense out of it I drew … Continue reading

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Ethel Voynich

If you’ve been following my blogs you’ll know that I have an interest in both the role of the Okhrana, the tsarist secret police, in penetrating groups of anti tsarist dissident living in London, and also the attempts by the … Continue reading

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