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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Theotokos of Vladimir

It is one of the world’s most recognisable works of art, and a symbol of God’s blessing on all Christian Rus’.

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The Fir and the Bramble

A vain fir is stopped short in her boasting by a clear-thinking bush.

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The Silent Hall

An unknown Anglo-Saxon poet shares with us the grief of those whose homes and feast-halls were laid waste by Viking raiders.

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The Conversion of Saul

A fiery fanatic wins support for the suppression of Christianity in its very cradle.

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The Jackdaw

A bird perched upon a church steeple casts a severe glance over the doings of men.

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It is a Beauteous Evening

Walking with his ten-year-old daughter on the beach at Calais, Wordsworth considers the energy of God moving in all things.