Richard I was King of England from 1189 to 1199. The troubadour king was known as Richard the Lionheart, or C?ur de Lion. Richard spent of his reign away from England, since the larger part of his realm was in France. He took part in the Third Crusade and afterwards a period under arrest by Leopold V of Austria. Video by author Brian Kavanagh.
Cleopatra's Needle is situated on the Thames Embankment. Two large Victorian version bronze Sphinxes lie on either side of the Needle. Video by author, Brian Kavanagh. CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE, BLOODY HAM.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer and the most famous, and tragic, hero of Antarctic Exploration. In the Race to the South Pole, Scott came second, behind the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. Scott he and his four companions died whilst trying to return to their base. Video by author, Brian Kavanagh.
A short video on statues of King Charles I & Oliver Cromwell in London.
Video by Brian Kavanagh, author of mystery novels, CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE, BLOODY HAM.
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Sir Winston Churchill, English politician, soldier in the British Army, orator.
On the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in May 1940, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led the British war effort against the Axis powers. His speeches gave great encouragement to the besieged Allied forces. Video by author, Brian Kavanagh.
Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement. Mrs Pankhurst was associated with the struggle for the enfranchisement of women in the period immediately preceding World War I. A short video by author Brian Kavanagh. http://beekayvic.tri pod.com
Cardinal Newman was an English convert to Roman Catholicism and later made a cardinal. In 1991 he was proclaimed 'Venerable'. Early on in his life he was a main figure in the Oxford Movement to return the Church of England to its Catholic roots. In due course his studies in history convinced him to become a Roman Catholic. Video by author Brian Kavanagh.
A view of the streets and historic buildings in Canterbury, Kent. Video by author Brian Kavanagh:CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE, BLOODY HAM.
A statue honouring William Huskisson, an MP for Liverpool and former President of the Board of Trade. He stepped across the tracks when Stephenson's the Rocket, the first steam engine, bore down on him. Huskisson fell just as the engine was upon him. His leg was crushed by the wheels of the locomotive and the accident proved fatal. Video by author Brian Kavanagh.
George V was the first British sovereign belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth countries as well as the Emperor of India and the first King of the Irish Free State. George reigned through World War I. Video by author, Brian Kavanagh.
Westgate the ancient entrance to the City of Canterbury in Kent, England. Video by author Brian Kavanagh, CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE, BLOODY HAM. http;//beekayvic.tri pod.com
Duke of Wellington statues London: a short video by Brian Kavanagh, author of best selling mysteries, CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE and September 2007 release of BLOODY HAM. http://beekayvic.tri pod.com
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