Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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847

The Missing Stair

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

848

St Nicholas Scotches a Rumour

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

849

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.

850

St Nicholas and the Unjust Judge

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

851

Lost for Words

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

852

The Machinery of State

Human beings should not be frantic cogs spinning away in the Government’s factory of Progress.