Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
From Wikimedia Commons.
For two centuries, human traffickers had stolen English men, women and children for the slave-markets of the Arab world.
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© Geoff Harris, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
A last goodbye breathes promise of a merry meeting.
© Yvonne Solomon, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
God’s covenant of love is a fresh joy every time it appears.
© Steve Daniels, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The mild-mannered, artistic monk was nevertheless a founding father of the English nation.
© Prioryman, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peter de Brus and his tenants agreed to work together after King John ordered a crackdown on unpaid rents.
© Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
The Master and his brother Henry must decide which of them goes to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie.