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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Samson’s Riddle

The Israelites under Philistia’s rule might have blended with their heathen masters had not Samson kept stirring up trouble.

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The Bluebell Line

The Bluebell line in Sussex was the first failing British Railways line to be taken over by volunteers.

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The Hollow Blade Sword Company

Seventeenth-century German craftsmen came seeking a land of opportunity, and found it in County Durham.

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Blind Passions

Hardworking Kichijiro wins Ima’s heart and Kanshichi’s hatred without noticing a thing.

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Sir Stamford Raffles

The Founder of Singapore established his city on principles of free people and free trade.

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The Battle of Waterloo

The Russians had checked it in the East, but in the West the expansion of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire was far from over.