Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1447

Black Agnes Dunbar

When Edward III sent the Earl of Salisbury to take her absent husband’s castle, Agnes brushed his attack aside - literally.

1448

The Boston Tea Party

In the time of King George III, Parliament forgot that its job was not to regulate the people, but to represent them.

1449

Cain and Abel

Smarting for his outraged ‘rights’, Cain lost his reason — but not God’s pity and love.

1450

The Character of George Stephenson

A self-made man who never forgot his humble beginnings.

1451

Cyril and Hypatia

A ‘Christian’ mob kidnapped and murdered a much-loved professor of mathematics - for her politics.

1452

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

The King who condemned him to the den of lions felt far worse about it than Daniel did.