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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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What to Get the King Who Has Everything

Sir Thomas Roe had some difficulty making an impression on Emperor Jehangir.

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With Good Intent and Friendly Desire

Ivan the Terrible offered free trade to English merchants throughout his dominions.

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Why We Study the Classics

Rudyard Kipling believed that a better appreciation of ancient Greece and Rome could help the English be less insular.

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An Englishman in Exile

Faced with a choice between silence, dungeon or exile, William Cobbett chose exile — and then had to make sense of it.

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Jenny Kissed Me

Leigh Hunt looks back to a memorable event in a long life.

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The Man Who Couldn’t Abide Greed

On a money-spinning pilgrimage to Canterbury, a Pardoner says the quiet part out loud.