Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Economic Case for Sovereignty

A nation with its own laws and a strong sense of shared cultural identity makes good economic sense.

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A Solemn Duty

Monsieur St Aubert falls seriously ill on a walking tour with his daughter Emily, and before the end asks an unexpected favour.

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The Fairly Honest Lawyer

Andre-Louis Moreau lives for vengeance on the master swordsman who killed his friend.

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‘The Overland Mail’

A tribute to the postal workers of British India, and to the kind of empire they helped to build.

1043

The Sneeze of History

It was the opinion of Leo Tolstoy that even Napoleon was never master of his own destiny.

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Big Spenders

Adam Smith warns that politicians are the last people who should lecture the public about how to run their affairs.