Their target was the Stone of Destiny, the throne of Scottish Kings for centuries and taken by Edward Longshanks to be used in English monarchs' coronations in 1296. Now, over 650 years later, Hamilton and the others planned to take it home to Scotland.Heralded as national heroes by some, vandals and criminals by others, the 'theft' sparked a nationwide police hunt that lasted months and caused uproar amongst the highest levels of the English establishment.Over 50 years later, Hamilton's story of what happened that night is as gripping as any thriller.

    volume I of Mao

    An autobiography of marriage in the early part of the 20th century which has its romance in an Indian setting and the strong, kind character of George, the author's husband. She had known him as a boy when he was sent to school in England, and, in spite of her love for him, had never realized what it would mean to be parted from her family and to live an isolated jungle life. She married him in Bombay, elephants almost wrecked their train en route to their home, and her depression grew as loneliness, fear and silence took over when George kept watch on the 900 acre tea plantation on the Assam Burma frontier. But a wise doctor helped her to discipline herself, George taught her how to live at ease and a baby rounded out the picture.

    Starting with the 1848 rebellion and ending with the 1881 assassination of Alexander II, it examines Russia's internal and external problems, the ideals and beliefs of her subjects, and, most importantly, the conspiracies and struggles through which populism expressed itself. With a revised author's introduction. "The most thorough survey of the Russian revolutionary movement before 1881...penetrating and readable, with an admirable balance between biography, theory and action."--TLS."...profound and wide-ranging..."--C.V. Wedgwood.

    He analyzes the spirit and contribution of the Byzantine Empire, Israel, Greece, and Rome; Western Christendom, including the Age of the Enlightenment; 'Holy Russia,' Byzantine and Marxist; and the mysticism of India and the humanism of China. In his final chapter he presents a challenge and a credo for the present. Professor Muller is in the Department of English, Indiana University.