Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1507

Perfection is no Trifle

Michelangelo had a message for all serious entrepreneurs.

1508

Perseus and Andromeda

Wielding the Gorgon’s head, Perseus saves a beautiful maiden from a ravening sea-monster.

1509

The Persistence of Thomas Clarkson

Today, the slave trade is a £150bn global business. Back in the late 18th century, it was making a lot of influential people very rich too, but some in England were determined to stop it.

1510

Richard Arkwright

Arkwright invented the factory, without which modern life would be impossible.

1511

The Sacred Snakes of Kefalonia

Once a year, regular as clockwork, the little snakes slither into the convent for a Feast of the Virgin Mary.

1512

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

A gifted composer of classical music in the romantic tradition, admired by Stanford, Elgar, and Sullivan.