Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1315

Penicillin

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

1316

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.

1317

The Bald Lover

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

1318

Jesty and Jenner’s Jab

Benjamin Jesty and Edward Jenner continue to save millions of lives because they listened to an old wives’ tale.

1319

Discovery!

Mark Twain covets the supreme sensation of being a trailblazer.

1320

Robin Hood and the Debt of Honour

The outlaw showed that strange as it may be, he did have a code of honour.