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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Battle of Agincourt

One of the best-known of all battles in English history, but not because of the conflict of which it was a part.

1190

The London and Birmingham Railway

The textile moguls of Manchester and Liverpool engaged the Stephensons to complete their link to the capital.

1191

The Outbreak of the Great War

Germany felt she had a right to an empire like Britain’s, and she was willing to get it at the expense of her neighbours.

1192

A Pyrrhic Victory

The ancient Greek King knew victory had cost his army more than it could afford to lose.

1193

The Man Who Left No Footprints

A young monk was rewarded for taking his duties as guest-master seriously.

1194

The Rewards of Treachery

Cicero warns those who seek power through civic unrest that they will never be the beneficiaries of it.