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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1279

The Siren ‘Greatness’

In encouraging women into music, Alice Mary Smith thought promises of ‘greatness’ counterproductive.

1280

The Jacobite Rebellions

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

1281

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.

1282

Equal before the Law

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

1283

Victoria and the Munshi

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

1284

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.