Hamilton was a great writer and in one of the events (a hurricane) he had wrote it in a local newspaper and it was published so all the money from his writings was collectd so they could send him to an American colony
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A liberal historian believes historical events are led by individuals and political leaders, as opposed to a revisionist historian who believes events are led by mass movement of people or ideas.
There is a nuclear war happening, mentioned by Piggy in the 1st or 2nd chapter, and the boys were evacuated from Britain.
Dain Ironfoot King Under the Mountain inherited the throne from Thorin Oakenshield after he died in the Battle of the Five Armies. He led the Dwarves from the time of the events in the Hobbit until Sauron's Attack on Erebor (which was concurrent with the Siege of Minas Tirith in Gondor).
The length of time since some events had occurred had led them to think of them as legends. In reality these had happened and they needed to remember to be prepared if such things should happen again.
Her mother dies and her father commits suicide and Miss Trunchbull is the only person left to look after her