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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Open Sea

Richard Cobden despaired at British statesmen using the peerless Royal Navy merely to strangle trade in other countries.

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George Pinto

An innovative English composer who did not live to fulfil his extraordinary promise.

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The Wolves’ Treaty

The leader of a wolf-pack makes some sheep an offer they’d better refuse.

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The Most Unkindest Cut of All

Greek revolutionary Nikitarás gives his ungrateful men a sharp reminder of what really matters.

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Pandora’s Box

After being outwitted once too often, Zeus decides to spite Prometheus by ruining the race of men.

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Cuthbert’s Cordon

A man steals a mother sparrow from her chick, but St Cuthbert isn’t going to let him get away with it.