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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Waters of Strife

Master-sweep Grimes meets a woman who knows more about him than he feels comfortable with.

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The Bag of the Three Winds

A weary King Odysseus dozes off on his voyage home to Ithaca, but his crew are wide awake, wondering what is in his bag.

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Bass, Bat and Bull

John Nyren tells us about one of cricket’s truly great batsmen, John Small.

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The Gossip in Gavrillac

The simple folk of Brittany know what it means when a nobleman calls himself godfather to an unknown infant.

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The Synod of Hatfield

The Roman Emperor offered to unite the world’s squabbling churches – but it was the kind of offer you can’t refuse.

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The Hundred Years’ War

King John had already lost most of the Crown’s lands in France, but when Aquitaine was threatened Edward III knew he must act fast.