Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Africa’s Competitive Edge

Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.

824

The Missing Stair

David Balfour hopes his crusty uncle Ebenezer is beginning to soften towards him.

825

St Nicholas Scotches a Rumour

Three highly decorated officers in the Roman Army fall victim to a campaign to discredit them.

826

Recognition

Just as Richard Hannay was steeling himself to report failure in the hunt for a German agent, a stranger’s eye caught his own.

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St Nicholas and the Unjust Judge

Trouble comes to the town of Myra when Imperial soldiers are despatched to put down a revolt.

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Lost for Words

Welsh journalist Henry Stanley is despatched by head office in New York to find a missing British explorer.