Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1297

The Pimpernel Fails to Show

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

1298

Boudica

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

1299

David Livingstone

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

1300

The Bully and the Brakesman

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

1301

Leslie Howard

Howard gave his life to saving the ‘great gifts and strange inconsistencies’ of Britain’s unique democracy.

1302

Britain’s Destiny

In a Christmas broadcast in 1940, actor Leslie Howard explained why British sovereignty was worth fighting for.