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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1195

Not a Scratch!

Hapless extremists try to wipe out a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.

1196

A True Gentleman of Verona

A young man from the Italian city on the Adige River demonstrates that class has nothing to do with wealth.

1197

Wellington’s Secret

The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.

1198

One Last Question

English lawyer Sydney Carton goes to the guillotine in place of a French aristocrat.

1199

Northumberland

A poem of nostalgia for the sea breezes and yellow gorse of Northumberland.

1200

‘Sussex’

A meditation on our instinctive love for the place in which we live.