Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Daw Chorus

Composer Ethel Smyth starts telling the Archbishop of Canterbury a joke, and then wishes she hadn’t...

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The Princes in the Tower

Sir Thomas More gives his explanation for the mysterious disappearance of King Richard III’s nephews.

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A Real Soldier

Major-General Charles Napier, given the task of policing a Chartist rally in Manchester, was alarmed to hear the protestors had brought the big guns - literally.

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Flying Scotsman

In 1928, a train service linking London and Edinburgh became the world’s longest non-stop run.

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What the Signalman Saw

The guardian of a lonely signalbox recounts a truly haunting experience.

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Thundering Smoke

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.