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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1411

The Gordian Knot

Alexander fulfilled the letter of a prophecy and he did become ruler of the world, but it wasn’t quite fair.

1412

The Midas Touch

An ancient Greek myth about the dangers of easy wealth.

1413

Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.

1414

The Caucus Race

Alice experiences for herself the very definition of a pointless exercise.

1415

King Henry II

The great-grandson of William the Conqueror, whose knights assassinated Thomas Becket and whose family harried him to an early grave.

1416

‘The marriage cannot go on!’

The cup of happiness is dashed from Jane Eyre’s lips.