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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Siege of Lucknow

During the Indian Mutiny, over a thousand men, women and children were trapped in the Commissioner’s residence at Lucknow.

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The Nine Years’ War

King Louis XIV of France raised rebellion in Ireland to put his own man on the English throne.

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Taken for a Ride

Richard Hannay sees for himself how political activists trick decent people into supporting their quest for power.

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The Darien Scheme

The Parliament of Scotland tried to liberate itself from London’s strangling single market.

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His Bright Nativity

Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf wonders at the mystery of the Bethlehem manger, where all the light of heaven was shining.

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The Voyage of the ‘Mayflower’

A crackdown on dissent in England’s established Church drove a band of Nottinghamshire townspeople to seek new shores.