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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1105

Dixie on Thames

Victorian MP Richard Cobden offered a startling analogy for the American Civil War.

1106

The Reform Acts

Nineteenth-century Britain had busy industrial cities and a prosperous middle class, but no MPs to represent them.

1107

The Battle of Brunanburh

Athelstan confirmed himself as King of the English, and also reawakened a feeling that all Britain should be a united people.

1108

St Chad and the Invisible Choir

Chad, the seventh-century Bishop of Mercia, seemed to be making a lot of music for one man.

1109

Mysore’s Golden Age

The Princely State of Mysore (today in Karnataka) was hailed as an example of good governance to all the world.

1110

The Night-time Disciple

Nicodemus did not allow intellectual doubts to get in the way of what he knew in his heart.