Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1501

In the Nick of Time

Anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp had a court order preventing Thomas Lewis being shipped off to slavery, but he had to find him first.

1502

John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer

When Harrison won the Longitude Prize, fair and square, Parliament wouldn’t pay up.

1503

John Logie Baird

Baird’s inventions didn’t always work as well as his televisions.

1504

Keep away from the Games!

The wise old philosopher had learnt that popular entertainments rot the soul.

1505

The Keeper of the Gate

A widow cast her precious icon into the sea rather than see it dishonoured by government agents, but that wasn’t the end of the story.

1506

The Kitchen Cat

Ruth Lorimer’s strangely comfortless life changes when she finds a scruffy little cat on the stairs, but not everyone is pleased.