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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Cuthbert and the Wry Face

A man who seems to have everything loses his good looks to a dreadful disease.

890

Ring for Service

A cat belonging to a Carthusian monastery in Paris gets a free lunch, but who is exploiting whom?

891

Cuthbert, the Eagle and the Fish

St Cuthbert reminds a young monk that the labourer is worthy of her hire.

892

Faraday al Fresco

Michael Faraday’s tour of Europe included a ‘picturesque’ multicultural event on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

893

Press Pass

Young inventor James Watt’s life in London was overshadowed by the perpetual fear of being snatched.

894

Britain’s Jews

After a thousand years of uneasy cohabitation, Edward I decided that there was no place for Jews in his Kingdom.