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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1207

Wellington’s Secret

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

1208

One Last Question

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

1209

Northumberland

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

1210

‘Sussex’

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

1211

Triumph in Adversity

Two famous figures, one from the sciences and one from the arts, who turned suffering to advantage.

1212

Straightforward English

If freedom and democracy are to have any meaning, the public must be able to talk back to their governors.