From the October 2008 Issue At the Court of Siam Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of The King and I Governess By Susan Morgan LR
From the June 2008 Issue Pungent Unguents Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination By Paul Freedman LR
From the July 2006 Issue How To Be Lank, Fleet and Nimble The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India By Tristram Stuart LR
From the June 2006 Issue Show Your Colours The Union Jack: The Story of the British Flag By Nick Groom LR
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