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Month: November 2017

Florence Nightingale Shore and the Truth of Her Murder

Toplis may be the most famous suspect in the case, but an unseen interview with Ernest C. Brown reveals another possibility.

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    Alan Bleasdale’s drama The Monocled Mutineer was broadcast on the BBC in August 1986.
    This website explores the social and political backdrop to the show.