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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Character of the Conqueror

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle looks back on the reign of King William I.

614

Striking Water

An Albanian shepherd plans to expand into arable farming, but he needs water and the search is close to ruining him.

615

Hugh Hammer-King

Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, was kind to children and animals but Kings merited firmer handling.

616

One Man and his Dog

English explorer Major Edmund Lockyer tries to buy a puppy in Queensland, but ends up paying the owner to keep him.

617

Virtue in Rags and Patches

Charles Dickens explains to the young men of Boston MA what it is that motivates him to write.

618

‘To the Heights!’

St Gregory Palamas struggled all his life to stand up for the principle that the Bible means what it says.