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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1513

Horatius at the Bridge

Horatius Cocles was the last man standing between Rome’s republic and the return of totalitarian government in 509 BC.

1514

How Benedict Biscop brought Byzantium to Britain

The chapel of Bede’s monastery in Sunderland was full of the colours and sounds of the far-off Mediterranean world.

1515

The Hunt for the Wild Boar of Calydon

Artemis, goddess of the hunt, pursued a bitter and relentless vengeance upon a king who carelessly slighted her.

1516

Ignaz Moscheles

Moscheles taught his adopted country how to write enchanting music for decades to come.

1517

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.

1518

John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer

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