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21The Rough Wooing — was a term coined by Sir Walter Scott and H. E. Marshall to describe the Anglo Scottish war pursued intermittently from 1544 to 1551. It followed from the failure of the Scots to honour the terms of the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich, by which the… …
22Band of the Red Hand — In the The Wheel of Time series of fantasy fiction books by the late Robert Jordan, the Band of the Red Hand is a military group named after a legendary band of heroes who died in the defense of Manetheren.HistoryThe story of Manetheren (… …
23The Legend of the Condor Heroes — The Legend of Condor Heroes (zh tsp|t=射鵰英雄傳|s=射雕英雄传|p=shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn) is one of the most acclaimed wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily . This is the first novel of the Condor Trilogy . The… …
24The School for Scandal — Robert Baddeley as Moses (painting by Johann Zoffany, c.1781) Written b …
25The Shining (film) — The Shining Theatrical release poster Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by Stanle …
26Hand cannon — The hand cannon (Arabic: midfa ; Chinese: ), as it was called, was the first handheld portable firearm, or handgun.Early firearms ranging from hand cannons to arquebuses are referred to in texts of the period by many spellings: gonne, gunne,… …
27Art, Life and the other thing — Art, Life, and the other thing is a Archibald Prize winning 1978 painting by Australian artist Brett Whiteley. It combines three different media in a triptych. Basic information (Triptych) Oil, glass eye, hair, pen and ink on cardboard, plaster,… …
28The Pirates of Penzance — The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas. The opera s official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York… …
29The public scandal of the Dreyfus Affair — The scandal over falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus grew into a public scandal of unprecedented scale. Almost the entire french nation became divided between pro and anti Dreyfusards.Attitude of the pressAgainst this odious campaign was set in motion …
30The Twelfth Man — (also known as The 12th Man) is the name for a series of comedy productions by Australian satirist Billy Birmingham. Birmingham, a skilled impersonator, is generally known for parodying Australian sports commentators voices. As befits the name (a …
