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21Quentin Durward — infobox Book | name = Quentin Durward author = Walter Scott cover artist = country = Scotland language = English, Lowland Scots series = Waverley Novels genre = Historical novel publisher = Archibald Constable (Scotland) Hurst, Robinson (England) …
22Routiers — The routiers were mercenaries associated with free companies who terrorized the French countryside during the Hundred Years War. The word routier is French for company . BackgroundRoutiers were a product of their time. The Hundred Years War,… …
23The Gone-Away World — infobox Book | name = The Gone Away World title orig = translator = image caption = author = Nick Harkaway cover artist = country = England language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Heinemann pub date = June 2008 media …
24blackmail — blackmailer, n. /blak mayl /, n. 1. any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. 2. the extortion of such payment: He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail. 3. a tribute formerly… …
25filibuster — filibusterer, n. filibusterism, n. filibusterous, adj. /fil euh bus teuhr/, n. 1. U.S. Politics. a. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to… …
26Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …
27Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …
28Albertini, Luigi — ▪ Italian journalist born Oct. 19, 1871, Ancona, Italy died Dec. 29, 1941, Rome Italian journalist, an early and outspoken opponent of Fascism, who made the Corriere della Sera (in Milan) one of the most respected and widely read daily… …
29Greece, history of — ▪ Byzantine to modern Introduction history of the area from the Byzantine (Byzantine Empire) period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean civilizations; ancient Greek civilization; and Hellenistic Age.… …
30Imbangala — ▪ people also spelled Mbangala a warrior group of central Angola that emerged in the late 16th century. In older sources, the Imbangala are sometimes referred to as Jaga, a generic name for several bands of freebooting mercenary soldiers …
