Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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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.

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Grace Darling

Mild-mannered Grace Darling persuaded her father to let her help him rescue the survivors of a shipwreck.