Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1051

The Sneeze of History

It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

1052

Big Spenders

Adam Smith warns that politicians are the last people who should lecture the public about how to run their affairs.

1053

The Glorious First of June

Admiral Lord Howe battered a French fleet far out in the Atlantic, and helped prevent the spread of bloody revolution.

1054

Kanguru!

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

1055

Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon

Heracles must get the better of a three-bodied giant and steal his cattle.

1056

Pure Selfishness

The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.