Subjects

History

in The Copy Book

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The Bishop’s Gambit

The mayor and bishop of Zakynthos went to extraordinary lengths to protect the most vulnerable people of their island.

812

The Falkland Islands

A proudly British group of islands far off in the South Atlantic.

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The Lessons of History

England’s first and greatest historian explains why history is so important.

814

The Ashes of English Cricket

How the cricketing rivalry between England and Australia got its name.

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Penicillin

An improbable chain of coincidences led to one of the great medical revolutions just when it was most needed.

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The Peninsular War

Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.