The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

1033

Jim Greenhill, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Gideon’s Snare Clay Lane

While spying out the enemy’s camp, Gideon hears something which fills him with renewed confidence.

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1034

© Fortysix Vie, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Mark Antony Catches a Kipper Plutarch

The surprisingly sensitive Roman commander was hoping to impress a girl with his angling skills.

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1035

© GdML, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Edith Cavell Clay Lane

The experienced nurse could not stop saving lives, even at the cost of her own.

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1036

From the Athens War Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Day of ‘No’ Clay Lane

On October 28th, 1940, the Kingdom of Greece surprised everyone by refusing to become part of the German war machine.

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1037

© Finoa Avis, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heracles and the Garden of the Hesperides Clay Lane

Two of Heracles’s labours are declared void, so to make up the number he is sent to find the Garden of the Hesperides.

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1038

From the Chronicle of John Skylitzes, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Emperor and the Nun Clay Lane

The young Roman Emperor Theophilus backed away from marriage to the formidable Cassiani, but he could not forget her.

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