People from across the United Kingdom swarmed this small town, and soon book sellers from other kingdoms and republics ...

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Michael Portillo mounts a valiant defence against fierce latter-day Roman gladiators in Pula's amphitheatre as he begins a journey across the Balkan countries of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ...