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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1531

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus would lose his beloved wife Eurydice to death not once, but twice.

1532

The Partridge and the Cockerels

It’s hard when messed-up people treat you badly, but if you take it personally it only makes it worse.

1533

Peace By Free Trade

The blessing of trade free from political interference was one of most important insights in British, indeed world history.

1534

Perfection is no Trifle

Michelangelo had a message for all serious entrepreneurs.

1535

Perseus and Andromeda

Wielding the Gorgon’s head, Perseus saves a beautiful maiden from a ravening sea-monster.

1536

The Persistence of Thomas Clarkson

Today, the slave trade is a £150bn global business. Back in the late 18th century, it was making a lot of influential people very rich too, but some in England were determined to stop it.