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(0)Peter Young
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"Marshal of France was the highest military rank in France before the revolution. After the revolution it was abolished as an elitest rank, but in 1804 Napoleon reinstated it as part of his attempts to rebuild a system of honours in France. Napoleon appointed twenty six marshals between 1804 and 1815"--Www.historyofwar.org.
5) Tortoise
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"Tortoises look and are old. They are the oldest of the living land reptiles, the surviving link between animal life in water and on land. Tortoise is the first cultural history of this long-lived and intriguing creature that has existed for more than 200 million years. It covers examples of species worldwide, in evolution, myth and reality, ranging across palaeontology, natural history, folklore, art forms (including the use of tortoise shell in...