Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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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.

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The Outbreak of the Second World War

The only truly global conflict in history began when German troops crossed into Poland in September 1939.

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Abraham Darby I

To the poor of England, the Worcestershire man gave affordable pots and pans, and to all the world he gave the industrial revolution.

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The War of the Spanish Succession

After Louis XIV’s grandson Philip inherited the throne of Spain, the ‘Sun King’ began to entertain dreams of Europe-wide dominion.

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The Arts of Fair Rowena

Charles Dickens believed that Britain’s Saxon invaders gained power by force of arms – but not by weapons.

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The Voice of an Angel

A tenth-century Greek monk is joined by a total stranger for Mattins.