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The Black Death by John Hatcher

by Michael Patrick Brady

[18.Aug.08] :. From this great tragedy emerges a fascinating power struggle, one that contemporary readers may see as the first stirrings of the modern ideas of liberty and social justice.

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On a quest to view the one and only manuscript of ‘Beowulf’

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Oct.07] :. LONDON—I keep trying not to squint. But the light, an eerie purple, is very low. And there’s a piece of heavy glass between my eyes and the object. If I lean in close I can make out the...

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