Subjects

History

in The Copy Book

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835

Cragside: the Home of Modern Living

Lord Armstrong’s home was an Aladdin’s cave of Victorian technology.

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836

Alfred Learns To Read

Even as a child, King Alfred couldn’t resist a challenge.

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837

King Edwin and the Hand of Destiny

Forced from his throne and threatened with murder, Edwin makes a curious bargain for his deliverance.

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838

Caedmon Learns to Sing

A shy and unmusical stable-hand suddenly began to sing wise and moving hymns.

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839

The Tichborne Dole

The strange-but-true story of a Lady Day tradition.

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840

Alcibiades

In the populist democracy of 5th-century BC Athens, heroes fell as quickly as they rose.

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