Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Alice gets an English Lesson

Alice meets Humpty Dumpty, and it turns out that she has been using words wrong all her life.

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Thomas Brassey

The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.

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The Din of Diplomacy

William Gladstone warns voters not to leave foreign policy in the hands of interventionist politicians.

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An Exceptional Nation

William Gladstone explains that a truly ‘exceptional nation’ respects the equality and rights of all nations.

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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.