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This page is primarily **advertising, not satire**. The headline "Will There Be Another Invasion of England?" is clickbait for a book series advertisement rather than political commentary. The text discusses historical invasions (the Spanish Armada, William the Conqueror) to promote a 20-volume "Famous Characters of History" encyclopedia set. The central illustration depicts William the Conqueror's 1066 landing in England—a historical image, not a cartoon. The advertisement emphasizes that these volumes contain biography-based history rather than dry historical facts, and offers a 60% discount ($1.00 down payment). The list of "characters" includes figures like Julius Caesar, Hannibal, and Cleopatra. **No political satire appears on this page.** It's a straightforward sales pitch using historical drama to market educational books.
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ay WILL THERE BE ANOTHER INVASION of ENGLAND? | HERE were anxious hearts in Eng- land that August morning over three centuries ago. The long expected Invincible Armada had been been sighted in the English channel, covering the seas as far as the eye could reach. But Elizabeth was pre- pared! With smashing blows her gal- lant admirals—Drake. Raleigh, Haw- s—drove their stout little ships inst the huge galleons of Phillip of n and put them to utter rout. abeth made England Mistress of Sut it was Alfred the Great who laid the foundation of England's naval 5 We S » through the mist of ries aders of his country by xon Harold's fleet not been caught unprepared, the invasion of England by William the Conqueror might not have been accomplished with such ter- rible suce SS. All this is thrillingly told as never be ‘lize rling back the in land and sea—Had workl’s wri marvelous in its ex LANDING OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR IN ENGLAND FAMOUS CHARACTERS OF BISTORy T WAS Emerson who said: “There is properly no History, only Biog. raphy.’’ Every step forward or backward in the march of civilization has been directed by some overwhelming mind, some individual who loomed far above his fellow men and whose exam. guide or warning, is the most rritage from the In these twenty superb volumes we have the world’s biography cover. ing 2500 years of history written around the lives of those dominant human forces—the men and women who made the history of their own day. Instead of a history of the ancient world, we WD: We have Cacsar in the Senate, or surrounded by his legions, extending the boundaries of Rome to includeall the knows parts of the earth, as he gives to tions the wings of fancy and the feet of ac complished fact. And we sce the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of the beauty of a woman—Cleopatra, NEVER AGAIN SUCH BOOKS AT SUCH A BARGAIN A Discount of 60% by ‘The publisher's price was 830,00—Our summer clearance price 8 Rooks delivered at once, carriage paid, or in September, at your Sending $1.00 NOW 00. hed engravings. large clear type from new pl . BUT YOU MUST SEND COUPON Now. Brunswick Subscription Co., 449 Breaswick Blég., New York City Enclosed find $1, first payment on “Famous Characters of History.” If 1 find the bonks as represented I will remit $1.00 per month for Ht of books. If not, Lam to return the set at Sit Address City... In other histories people merely are written about. They live in these vol- umes. In them you will find all the elements that make your favorite novels so fascinating—love, adventure, deeds of valor, keen analysis of character—all history, but history in a form that en- tertains while it instructs—that stimu- lates the imagination and moulds the | mind and character. For this reason the books have been adopted by Boards of Education as the foundation for his- torical study. LIST OF CHARACTERS— Every One a Wonderful Personality 10. Romulus 11. Mary Queen of Scots 12. Henry IV 13. Xerxes 14. Julius Caesar 15. Nero 16. Cleopatra 17. Darius the Great 18. Josephine 19. Queen Elizabeth | 20. Alfred the Great 1, Alexander the Great 2.William the Conqueror 3. Cyrus the Great 4. Hannibal 5. Pyrrhus 6. Peter the Great 7. Genghis Khan 8. Hernando Cortez 9. Marie Antoi- nette