Lieutenants

Lieutenant’s ‘anxiety-inducing’ notes on the Battle of Rorke’s Drift go on auction for £15,000

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Map that shows the terror of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift: Lieutenant Chard’s ‘anxiety-inducing’ notes detail how 139-strong British force held off 3,000 Zulus in infamous siege Lt John Chard’s men held off 3,000 Zulu warriors during the 1879 Battle of Rorke’s Drift in South Africa Queen Victoria was presented with an account by Chard … Read more

Head to Lyme Regis – the setting of novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman 

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Book me in: Put on your Meryl stare and head to Lyme Regis – the setting of classic novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles is set in Victorian Lyme Regis  You can visit the mansion called Belmont, where the author wrote the book The fossil-packed Lyme … Read more