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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1453

Jason and the Golden Fleece

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

1454

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.

1455

Phrixus and the Golden Fleece

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

1456

The Anglo-Zanzibar War

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

1457

Armistice Day

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the end of the First World War on the 11th of November, 1918.

1458

The Calendar ‘English Style’

An English monk warned of a flaw in the world’s most widely-used calendar.