Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Mountain of Light

St Bede says that Christ’s Transfiguration should remind us that we live in two worlds at the same time.

1016

Lambert Simnel

Henry VII must decide how to deal with a boy calling himself ‘King Edward VI’.

1017

Wild Goose Chase

Sir Walter Scott warned that schoolchildren must not expect to be entertained all the time.

1018

Beethoven’s First

Everyone wanted to know who Beethoven’s favourite composer was.

1019

‘My English Joy’

In 1837 William Sterndale Bennett, then regarded as England’s most exciting young composer, made history in quite another... field.

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Diplomatic Immunity

Sir James Melville eavesdrops on Queen Elizabeth I’s music practice, and incurs Her Majesty’s displeasure.