Le Duel à Mort Size:Large: 7 x 5in Edmund (1245-1296) was the second

Edmund (1245-1296) was the second son of King Henry III

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Lambeth Palace on the south bank can be seen due to the meander of the River Thames

8th May 1972

Le Duel à Mort Size:Large: 7 x 5in Edmund (1245-1296) was the second'Le Duel Mort', 1869. In an effort to stem the rising tide of his unpopularity, Napoleon III had relaxed press censorship in France. This led to a number of republican journals making their appearance and battle lines were drawn between these and the Orleanist faction. This cartoon shows a representative of each slugging it out whilst perilously balanced on the top of a tall gibbet with the nooses already around their necks. One or other would fall to