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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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St Wilfrid and the Fishers of Men

Driven out of Northumbria, Bishop Wilfrid goes to the south coast and saves a kingdom from starvation.

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A Tax on Companionship

William Windham MP was appalled at the idea of levying a tax on man’s best friend.

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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.

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An Incorrigible Fanatic

William Wilberforce told Parliament that the more his opponents slandered him, the more he was sure he was winning.

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The Winter Queen

Conspiracies and dynastic expectations swirled around James I’s daughter from the age of nine.

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Filioque

It started as an honest mistake, became a diplomatic standoff, and brought down an Empire.