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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1255

St Elizabeth the New Martyr

The grand-daughter of Queen Victoria was as close to the poor of Moscow’s slums as she was to the Russian Tsar.

1256

The Battle of Glen Shiel

King Philip V of Spain sent a second Spanish Armada against Britain, but it suffered much the same fate as the first.

1257

The Pimpernel Fails to Show

Lady Blakeney agrees to spy for the French Revolutionary government in return for her brother’s life.

1258

Boudica

British sympathy for Roman imperial progress evaporated when officials began asset-stripping the country.

1259

David Livingstone

The Scottish missionary and medic believed that slavery could better be eradicated by trade than by force.

1260

The Bully and the Brakesman

A young George Stephenson takes responsibility for the team spirit at Black Callerton mine.