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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Welcome to Micklegarth

After the Norman Conquest, thousands of disappointed Englishmen departed for a new life in the Byzantine world.

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High Beneath Heaven’s Roof

The Cross of Christ speaks, and tells of the amazing transformation from sign of shame to sign of redemption.

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The Case of Jonathan Strong

Granville Sharp and his surgeon brother William rescued a young African man from the streets of London.

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Kipling and ‘Agamemnon’

Both Rudyard Kipling and the Royal Navy saw Greek sovereignty as a universal symbol of freedom.

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‘Hail, Liberty!’

Kipling borrowed from the Greek Independence movement to give thanks for the end of the Great War.

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‘If...’

Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved verses are a reflection on what it is that builds real character.