White Peril 
E.S. Turner
- Diary of an African Journey (1914) by H. Rider Haggard
The author of King Solomon’s Mines and She composed his own epitaph, which was carved in black marble. It read:
Here lie the Ashes of Henry Rider Haggard
Knight Bachelor
Knight of the British Empire
Who with a Humble Heart Strove to Serve his Country
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E.S. Turner wrote his first article for the Dundee Courier in 1927. He contributed to Punch for 53 years, and wrote more than eighty pieces for the London Review. His last social history was Unholy Pursuits: The Wayward Parsons of Grub Street. He died on 6 July 2006, at the age of 96.
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Petting Cafés! · wartime spivs and dodgers
A Broad Grin and a Handstand · ‘the fastest woman in the world’ and the wild early years of motor-racing
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