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The Sultan Of Zanzibar by Martyn Downer Black Spring Press Pounds 16.99 Pounds 14.99 inc p&p ****
Who was Horace de Vere Cole? Today, his name is all but forgotten, a footnote in the lives of his more famous friends and acquaintances. Yet 100 years ago he was Britain's most celebrated prankster, and London was abuzz with news of his exploits.See the full content of this document
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The Sultan of Stings
Born in 1881, heir to estates in England and Ireland, his dreams of a military career were thwarted by his near-deafness. Nevertheless, after Eton, he joined the Duke of Cambridge's Own, a volunteer ca...
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