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Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader
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John Middleton, Lancaster’s second in command,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
The Game of Kings: Book One in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles (The Lymond Chronicles 1)
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“They were well-known and well-off people, men who were the pride of Delhi,” wrote Zahir Dehlavi. “They had had no parallels in their own day, nor will we ever see their like again.”
William Dalrymple • The Last Mughal
The central relationship that money crystallizes is between lender and borrower.
Niall Ferguson • The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704) is the apostle of the Revolution of 1688, the most moderate and the most successful of all revolutions.