Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1051

Rebel Rugby

The Nazi-collaborating Vichy government in France paid Rugby League the supreme compliment: they banned it.

1052

Rugby League

The less glamorous code of Rugby football, but the best for sheer speed and strength.

1053

Tamed by Wisdom, Freed by Grace

Abbot Elfric expounds a Palm Sunday text to explain how Christianity combines orderly behaviour with intelligent and genuine liberty.

1054

Hyder Ali and Tipu

The British encountered no stouter resistance in India than Mysore’s gifted commmander Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu.

1055

Breaking Death

For Jesus Christ to step down alive from his cross would have been a mighty miracle, but not the mightiest.

1056

Redeeming Time

Pip Pirrip never misses a moment of visiting time with Abel Magwitch, the convict who made him into a gentleman, in the prison hospital.