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Sir Eustace came into the room and rushed at the intruders, one of whom struck and killed him with a poker. Lady Brackenstall fainted again for a minute or two. She saw the intruders drinking wine from a bottle taken from the sideboard. Then they left, taking some silver plate. Sir Eustace's corpse is still lying at the murder scene.
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China (Guangdong, Hainan) south through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Australia (northeast Queensland), and west to the Cocos ...
These species, commonly called zoysia or zoysiagrass, are found in coastal areas or grasslands. [5] It is a popular choice for fairways and teeing areas at golf courses. The genus is named after the Slovenian botanist Karl von Zois (1756–1799).
A new book on his life and work, entitled ‘Kenneth Grange: Designing the Modern World’, was published in 2024 by Thames & Hudson [36] with Sir Jonathan Ive providing the foreword, stating that his favourite design was the Inter-City 125 train: "I remember taking a day return from London to Bath solely to ride on his train. I love its ...
H. Rider Haggard, KBE (/ ˈ h æ ɡ ər d /; 1856–1925) was a British writer, largely of adventure fiction, but also of non-fiction.The eighth child of a Norfolk barrister and squire, [1] through family connections he gained employment with Sir Henry Bulwer during the latter's service as lieutenant-governor of Natal, South Africa. [2]
Part mystery, part adventure, all word game -- in today's Game of the Day, The Book of Treasures, you play as Jessica, a librarian hunting for a lost Egyptian manuscript. One day, Jessica finds a ...
Hale was born on 1 November 1609 in West End House (now known as The Grange or Alderley Grange) in Alderley, Gloucestershire to Robert Hale, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, and Joanna Poyntz. [5] His father gave up his practice as a barrister several years before Hale's birth "because he could not understand the reason of giving colour in ...
William Grainge (25 January 1818 – 29 September 1895) was an English antiquarian and poet, and a historian of Yorkshire.He was born into a farming family in Dishforth and grew up on Castiles Farm near Kirkby Malzeard in the North Riding of Yorkshire, where he studied the archaeological site beneath the farm buildings, now known as Cast Hills settlement.