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== Getting Started with Guernsey Research == | == Getting Started with Guernsey Research == | ||
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*The French writer '''Victor Hugo''' wrote some of his best-known works while in exile in Guernsey, including Les Misérables. His home in '''St. Peter Port''', Hauteville House, is now a museum. | *The French writer '''Victor Hugo''' wrote some of his best-known works while in exile in Guernsey, including Les Misérables. His home in '''St. Peter Port''', Hauteville House, is now a museum. | ||
*On 10 December 2008 the residents of the island of '''Sark''' held its first democratic election for the office of Conseillers of the Chief Pleas. For centuries the island has been governed, under a feudal system, by local landowning families. The change was brought about following a legal challenge by residents under the European Convention on Human Rights. | *On 10 December 2008 the residents of the island of '''Sark''' held its first democratic election for the office of Conseillers of the Chief Pleas. For centuries the island has been governed, under a feudal system, by local landowning families. The change was brought about following a legal challenge by residents under the European Convention on Human Rights. | ||
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*[[Guernsey Taxation|Taxation]] | *[[Guernsey Taxation|Taxation]] | ||
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