Albion

By Deane Barker • •

This is a historic name for the island of Great Britain. It might come from the Latin word for “white,” referring to the white cliffs of Dover.

Why I Looked It Up

One of the antagonists in Slow Horses was a domestic terrorist group named the “Sons of Albion.”

Postscript

Added on

I found a 1985 book called “Albion’s Seed,” which details what happened to four distinct ethnic groups that migrated from the UK to the United States.

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