Search The Copy Book
Clay Lane
in The Copy Book
← Page 1
163
Japan’s First Railway
By Clay Lane
As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.
164
Thomas Brassey
The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.
165
The Lion and the Ant
Richard I thought a veteran Crusader and conqueror of Saladin could handle a few French peasants.
166
St Bede and the Singing Stones
Based on The Golden Legend
The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.
167
St Wilfrid and the Fishers of Men
Based on an account by St Bede of Jarrow
Driven out of Northumbria, Bishop Wilfrid goes to the south coast and saves a kingdom from starvation.
168
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.
The Copy Book
Think and Speak
Comfortable Words
Word Games
Blog
Subjects
Authors
Events
Year
Search
