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The Wilson plot

how the spycatchers and their American allies tried to overthrow the British government
1988
An account of treachery in British and American intelligence agencies.

In the presence of the Creator

Isaac Newton and his times
1984
Details Newton's life from a childhood in Lincolnshire to the heretical religious ideas that absorbed him as a scientist.

The sack of Panam?

Sir Henry Morgan's adventures on the Spanish Main
1982
An historical account of his capture and sack of the city of Panama in 1671.

Braveheart

2000
Dramatizes the story of William Wallace, the man who rallied the people of medieval Scotland to fight for liberty from their English overlords.

Fearless adventurer, Sir Richard Burton

1969
A biography of Sir Richard Burton, explorer, writer, scholar of Islamic customs, discoverer of Lake Tanganyika, and translator of "Arabian Nights.".

Lewis & Clark

and other great adventures
2007
Recreates the epic journeys of some of the most intrepid explorers in history - Lewis & Clark, Alexander von Humboldt, and Ernest Shackleton.

Ernest Shackleton

looking south
2001
The life story of famed Antarctic explorer Shackleton, featuring Frank Hurley's famous photos of the Endurance expedition. Follows him from his first sailing position at the age of 16 to his legendary polar expeditions. Includes candid interviews with family members, scholars and archivists.

The first transatlantic flight

1989
Describes the first flight over the Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain made in l9l9 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown and the first solo flight from New York to Paris made in l927 by Charles Lindbergh.

What the ice gets

Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 : a poem
2000

Family album

a personal selection from four generations of Churchills
1982

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