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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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925

All that Glisters is not Gold

Henry Mayhew, co-founder of ‘Punch’, tells two anecdotes about the Victorian cabbie.

926

The Mischief-Maker

A stranger warns the people of Shorapur that they will come to regret their hospitality.

927

Sunderland Albion

A fierce Victorian rivalry sprang up between two football teams from the industrial heartlands of the North East.

928

A Test of Loyalty

A Roman general asks his officers to decide where their priorities lie.

929

The Girl in the Barn

Ten British POWs in German-occupied Poland decide to help a young Jewish woman escape the SS and a death march to the sea.

930

The Waters of Strife

After more than a month in the wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula, Moses finds that the Israelites are growing rebellious.