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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1375

Elisha and Naaman the Syrian

Naaman had very fixed ideas about what it takes to get a miracle.

1376

Noah’s Flood

God’s love proved to be bigger and stronger than all man’s wickedness.

1377

St Wilfrid’s Debt

The Blessed Virgin Mary adds four years to the life of Bishop Wilfrid, and an angel suggests a suitable thank-you.

1378

The Siege of Troy

Paris, prince of Troy, takes the not unwilling Queen of Sparta back home with him, and sparks ten years of diplomatic tension and ten of war.

1379

Silver Swan

Mark Twain’s attention was drawn off people-watching for a moment by an extraordinarily lifelike machine.

1380

Mathieu Martinel and the Blazing Barracks

The soldier went quite deliberately into a burning room full of gunpowder and ammunition.