Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1447

Rule, Britannia!

‘Rule Britannia’ was a discreet way of telling a German prince what was expected of a British King.

1448

The Rewards of ‘Patience’

How appropriate that the comic opera ‘Patience’ should introduce the world to the results of thirty years of labour.

1449

Jason and the Golden Fleece

A political rival sends Jason on a hopeless errand, to fetch the golden fleece.

1450

Perseus and the Gorgon

When Polydectes, King of Seriphos, sent Perseus to get the Gorgon’s head, he hoped the boy would never come back.

1451

Phrixus and the Golden Fleece

Long before Jason came to claim it, the golden fleece had already saved a boy’s life.

1452

The Anglo-Zanzibar War

It lasted barely forty minutes, but it brought slavery to an end in the little island territory.