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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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787

The Oath of Olaf Tryggvason

Viking raider Olaf Tryggvason, newly converted to Christianity, threw his weight behind a Danish invasion of England.

788

The Character of Captain James Cook

Captain Cook’s friend and ship’s surgeon David Samwell gives us his impressions of the great explorer.

789

The Baptism of Kent

With Christianity faltering in the British Isles, Pope Gregory took the first definite steps towards restoring its vigour.

790

The Day London Bridge Fell Down

In 1014, Norwegian prince Olaf Haraldsson sailed to the aid of King Ethelred the Unready in his struggle with the Danes.

791

The Conversion of Rogaland

Zealous convert Olaf Tryggvason went from England to Norway to spread the Gospel, but it seemed the Lord did not like Olaf’s way of doing it.

792

Mr and Mrs Raffles

Abdullah Abdul Kadir gives us his first-hand impressions of the Founder of Singapore and of his first wife, Olivia.