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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1261

The Jacobite Rebellions

Loyal subjects of King James II continued to fight his corner after he, and any real hope of success, had gone.

1262

Fit and Proper Persons

No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.

1263

Equal before the Law

Queen Victoria assured her subjects that there were no second-class citizens in her eyes.

1264

Victoria and the Munshi

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.

1265

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.

1266

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.