title: Two Men in a Trench II : Uncovering the Secrets of British Battelfields
author:  Tony Pollard 
description: "Two Men in a Trench 2" provides an examination of six major battles: Bannockburn, Sedgemoor, Edgehill, Killiecrankie, RAF Hornchurch (The Battle of Britain 1940) and the Big Guns of World War II at Dover and Calais. Each chapter of the book presents a clear understanding of the events and causes of each battle, before its aftermath is considered. The personalities, armies, weapons and tactics involved are described; the archaeological techniques explained; and the groundbreaking results and their impact on our understanding of events discussed. With their popular mix of narrative, clarity, keen eye for observation and sense of humour, Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver capture the drama, action and tragedy of past events and provide an insight into some of the bloodiest episodes of British history.
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  The Inmost Light
  
  
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  # The Inmost Light
  
  
  ### Arthur Machen
  
  
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  * I
  
  
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  ### I
  
  
  One evening in autumn, when the deformities of London were veiled in
  
  
  faint blue mist, and its vistas and far-reaching streets seemed
  
  
  splendid, Mr. Charles Salisbury was slowly pacing down Rupert Street,
  
  
  drawing nearer to his favourite restaurant by slow degrees. His eyes
  
  
  were downcast in study of the pavement, and thus it was that as he
  
  
  passed in at the narrow door a man who had come up from the lower end
  
  
  of the street jostled against him.
  
  
  "I beg your 