Elizabeth in the Garden by Trea Martyn

The beguiling story of how Elizabeth I’s two great courtiers fought a lifelong duel for her affections – with their gardens. Book Description Lord Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth I’s lover, and Sir William Cecil, her chief political adviser, were the most powerful men in the country. As their rivalry intensified, they competed by creating ever [...]

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How Australia played its part in Darwin’s theory of evolution

On January 12 1836, Charles Darwin stood about the deck of the tiny brig HMS Beagle as it made its way into Sydney Cove. The observations he was to make during his journey around the young Australian colony would contribute to his thinking about evolution – the theory through which he would come to change [...]

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