Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Ashes of English Cricket

How the cricketing rivalry between England and Australia got its name.

1322

First Impressions, Second Thoughts

Elizabeth Bennet began to wonder if being Mr Darcy’s wife might have had its compensations.

1323

Penicillin

An improbable chain of coincidences led to one of the great medical revolutions just when it was most needed.

1324

The Peninsular War

Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.

1325

The Bald Lover

A man’s mid-life crisis leaves him a little ... exposed.

1326

Jesty and Jenner’s Jab

Benjamin Jesty and Edward Jenner continue to save millions of lives because they listened to an old wives’ tale.