Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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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.

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St Bede and the Singing Stones

The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.

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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.