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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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‘I can walk’

A mother is determined to see that her disabled daughter gets the help she needs.

920

Long Ben

An English sailor became the target of the first worldwide manhunt following an audacious act of piracy.

921

Chopsticks

Ethel Smyth puts on a show for a self-declared music enthusiast.

922

Experience Does It

Wilkins Micawber had little to give David Copperfield at their parting, save two words of advice.

923

A Bit of Luck for his Lordship

George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.

924

The Vision of St Fursey

Fursey was a 7th-century Irish monk whose visions of the afterlife made a great impression on St Bede.