Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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925

Trunk and Disorderly

Arthur Wellesley watches on as one of his soldiers is rescued from a watery grave.

926

Never say ‘What, never?’ again

That infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’ took America by storm.

927

Job’s City of Joy

The East India Company’s top agent in India was also the man who put Calcutta on the world map.

928

The Real Merchant

William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.

929

‘I can walk’

A mother is determined to see that her disabled daughter gets the help she needs.

930

Long Ben

An English sailor became the target of the first worldwide manhunt following an audacious act of piracy.