The poet takes as his initial subject matter a little known Cavalier composer, William Lawes, who at his death in the battle of Chester in 1645 was already overshadowed by his brother, Henry.
Mr Blair's confidence in Mr Mandelson especially infuriated Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, who believes he might today have been prime minister if Mr Mandelson had not betrayed him by throwing his support behind Mr Blair in the succession battle that followed the death of the party's former leader, John Smith, in 1994.
Certainly the death toll of WWI would create another peak in number of battle deaths, but the intervening years and the centuries prior to the 20th century might indeed show far fewer dead.
The vast death toll is not the only reason why the battle has huge significance in Russia, the BBC's Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.
Meanwhile, the authorities in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit say the death toll after a gun battle between rival gangs has now risen to at least 29.
Four times as many were perishing from infection and disease as were dying in battle, and the death rate in Nightingale's hospital was higher than in others until the Sanitary Commission arrived and flushed out the sewers upon which the hospital was built.
Gorman was given time away from the club after the death of his wife Myra in February following a battle against cancer and although he returned in March, he was sent home on compassionate leave in April.
His death at Bosworth - the last English king to be killed in battle - ushered in the Tudor dynasty beginning with Henry VII.
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The Hunger Games is a post-Apocalyptic story about a young girl, Katniss Everdeen, who takes part in a televised battle where children fight to the death until only one person is left.
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The film's harrowing plot, which focuses on an annual television spectacle in which a repressive government forces young people to battle to the death, ultimately helped attract a diverse audience.
The White House has rejected a petition to build a Death Star - a huge battle-station armed with a superlaser as seen in the Star Wars films.
In a four-hour gun battle, Ma Barker was shot to death on the second floor.
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Most dramatically, rioters fought a pitched battle with police in Shishou, Hubei, province, in late June after the suspicious death of the chef in a hotel with connections to the mayor.
The battle in Goshta sparked a furious reaction in Afghanistan on Thursday, with thousands of Afghans chanting "Death to Pakistan" as they carried the body of the slain border policeman, Mohammed Qassim Khan, through the streets of Nangarhar's capital city of Jalalabad.
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