Authors

Clay Lane

in The Copy Book

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The Gordian Knot

Alexander fulfilled the letter of a prophecy and he did become ruler of the world, but it wasn’t quite fair.

416

The Midas Touch

An ancient Greek myth about the dangers of easy wealth.

417

Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.

418

King Henry II

The great-grandson of William the Conqueror, whose knights assassinated Thomas Becket and whose family harried him to an early grave.

419

The Adoration of the Magi

Persian star-gazers hasten to Israel for the birth of a royal heir, but find that King Herod has had his fill of them.

420

The Love of the Lindseys

Young Montague Bertie, Lord Willougby, tended his dying father behind enemy lines.