Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1015

The Winter Queen

Conspiracies and dynastic expectations swirled around James I’s daughter from the age of nine.

1016

Filioque

It started as an honest mistake, became a diplomatic standoff, and brought down an Empire.

1017

The Start of a Beautiful Friendship

Dr Watson is looking for rooms in London, and an old colleague suggests someone who might be able to help him.

1018

Judicial Iniquity

John Stuart Mill reminds us that governments and the courts must never be allowed to criminalise matters of belief or opinion.

1019

The Bashful Young Gentleman

Charles Dickens sketches for us the shyly ingratiating youth who gets himself in a tangle in the presence of Beauty.

1020

The Outbreak of the Second World War

The only truly global conflict in history began when German troops crossed into Poland in September 1939.