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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1531

Love’s Last Knot

Richard Crashaw offers the hope of eternity for wedded love.

1532

A Lullaby to Sorrows

A Scottish widow’s lullaby for her fatherless child inspired his music, but Brahms’s message struck closer to home.

1533

A Man called ‘Beta’

For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.

1534

The Martyrdom of St James the Great

James, brother of John the Evangelist, was executed for his faith by a close friend of the Emperor Caligula.

1535

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

When Parliament sent the Army against American colonists, people still calling themselves ‘British’ had to decide very quickly what that meant to them.

1536

The Miracle of Piso Livadi

Three fishermen let their tongues run away with them, and were left counting the cost.