Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Lessons of History

England’s first and greatest historian explains why history is so important.

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The Ashes of English Cricket

How the cricketing rivalry between England and Australia got its name.

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First Impressions, Second Thoughts

Elizabeth Bennet began to wonder if being Mr Darcy’s wife might have had its compensations.

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Penicillin

An improbable chain of coincidences led to one of the great medical revolutions just when it was most needed.

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The Peninsular War

Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.

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The Bald Lover

A man’s mid-life crisis leaves him a little ... exposed.