Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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A Leader by Example

George Stephenson won the admiration of French navvies by showing them how a Geordie works a shovel.

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The Language of Balnibarbi

Lemuel Gulliver finds that the people of Balnibarbi just don’t appreciate their hardworking academics.

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The Restoration of the Icons

By the early eighth century, sacred art was thriving in newly-Christian England, but in the East seeds of doubt and confusion had been sown.

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Fair Rosamund

Charles Dickens tells the story of King Henry II and the enchantingly beautiful Rosamund Clifford.

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The Lion and the Ant

Richard I thought a veteran Crusader and conqueror of Saladin could handle a few French peasants.

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Eddi’s Service

Rudyard Kipling’s poem about St Wilfrid’s chaplain and an unusual Christmas congregation.