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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1291

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.

1292

Equal before the Law

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

1293

Victoria and the Munshi

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

1294

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.

1295

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.

1296

The Pimpernel Fails to Show

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