Authors

Clay Lane

in The Copy Book

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How Britain Brought Football to Chile

British expats in Valparaíso kicked off the Chilean passion for soccer.

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Gytha and Vladimir

Scandinavian tradition says that the daughter of King Harold was consort to one the great rulers of Kievan Rus’.

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Benno Moiseiwitsch

One of the twentieth century’s greatest pianists, who put himself and his art at the service of his adopted country.

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The Peasant, the Penny and Marko the Rich

Marko adopts drastic measures to get out of repaying the loan of a penny.

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Demetrius the Diver

A survivor of the infamous massacre of Chios in 1821 goes to Marseilles, but discovers he has not entirely left the Turks behind.

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Mary Queen of Scots

Henry VII’s great-granddaughter Mary never grasped that even royalty must win the people’s respect.