Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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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.

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The Start of a Beautiful Friendship

Dr Watson is looking for rooms in London, and an old colleague suggests someone who might be able to help him.

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Judicial Iniquity

John Stuart Mill reminds us that governments and the courts must never be allowed to criminalise matters of belief or opinion.

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The Bashful Young Gentleman

Charles Dickens sketches for us the shyly ingratiating youth who gets himself in a tangle in the presence of Beauty.