More than two dozen individuals are mentioned, including Henry II and Becket, Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, Charles II and William III, Nelson and Wellington, Gladstone and Disraeli.

包括亨利二世与贝克特，查理一世与奥利弗·克伦威尔，查理二世与威廉三世，纳尔逊与威灵顿，格莱斯通与迪斯雷利在内的超过24位历史人物辉映其中。

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