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Embedding <br> into each field enables multiple line data to be displayed. This is an actual use in the Honorverse book series:

पूर्वाधिकारी
On Basilisk Station
 
Preceding Short-stories:
in 'Changer of Worlds'
 (sub-series: 'Worlds of Honor #3') 
 
 Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington

The Honor of the Queen
Honor Harrington books

Central figure: Honor Harrington

In Chronological Order:

Second Novel in book series


  Publication order:   Second work published
(©1993 MMPB ,©2000 HC)

उत्तराधिकारी
The Short Victorious War
 

(©1994 MMPB, ©2000 HC)
  HC: ISBN 0-671-87596-5