Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Christ is Risen!

Felicia Skene recalls the Easter celebrations on one emotionally-charged night in Athens

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If Russia Gives a Lead

As war engulfed Europe, an Anglican bishop called on Russia to unite the world’s Christians around their veneration for the Bible.

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Order and Method

Taking the trouble to express ourselves more clearly helps us to think more clearly too.

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An Excellent Performance

On a visit to England in 1599, Swiss doctor Thomas Platter found time to pop across the Thames and take in a show.

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Timur in Russia

Timur, Muslim lord of Samarkand, threw his weight behind the Golden Horde’s subjugation of Christian Russia, with unexpected results.

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Dane-Geld

Three years before the Great War, Rudyard Kipling recalled how one English king simply paid his bullying neighbours to stay at home.