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The Friday Digest 30/05/14

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THP Friday digest Brighton Swimming Club 1863
 
This week's update features 'the loneliest boy in the world', some previously unseen photographs of the French Armoured Cavalry Branch, known as 'the hairy ones' in the First World War and how the concept of chivalry was born.



 Gearóid and his pet donkey in Dunquin in the 1950s

* In 1948, newspapers dubbed Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin the 'loneliest boy in the world': he was the sole child on the Blaskets evacuation of 1953/54.

 

 Angels, Field of Mons

* According to Yahoo News UK: the 'Angel' which saved British troops in the First World War 'may have been UFO'.



The seal on King Tut's tomb - yet to be broken

Rare historical photos include one of the unbroken seal on King Tut's tomb.


* No pre-order button for forthcoming Hachette titles on Amazon in row over terms.


* Foyles is to host international literary tours as it continues to diversify ahead of its move into the 'bookshop of the future'.



Medieval War - Royal 16 G VI   f. 427v   Civil war in England - image courtesy British Library

*Chivalry: an attempt to limit the death and destruction of warfare?



Richard's skull

*Leicester v. York: the battle over the king's last resting place is over.



CWA-65_Object Lesson_Dying-Gual

* He leans upon his hand – his manly brow
Consents to death, but conquers agony

The story of 'The Dying Gaul'



Crime Story

Crime Fiction v. Crime Fact: the real life of the Forensic Pathologist.


 
  Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?


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