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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1333

‘Nothing clears up one’s ideas like explaining them’

Muddle-headed inventor Professor Cavor needs to think aloud, and for reasons of his own Mr Bedford is anxious to listen.

1334

Welcome to Micklegarth

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

1335

High Beneath Heaven’s Roof

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

1336

The Case of Jonathan Strong

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

1337

Kipling and ‘Agamemnon’

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

1338

‘Hail, Liberty!’

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