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There are seven posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1798. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

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An Unlikely Heroine

By Jane Austen

When she was ten, Catherine Morland showed none of the qualities needed to impress the ladies who read romantic fiction.

The Battle of the Nile

By Jawaharlal Nehru

As Napoleon Bonaparte swept from victory to victory in Europe, he began to think he might add the East to the possessions of the French Republic.

A Moral and Religious People

By John Adams

John Adams, the second President of the USA, told army officers in Massachusetts that the Constitution he had helped to draw up could not guarantee them liberty.

The Source of Civilisation

By William Eton

Diplomat William Eton warns his fellow Englishmen that shutting down debate does not make for a more united society.

A Literary Mystery

By Margaret Sprague Carhart

In 1798, ‘Plays on the Passions’ appeared in London bookstores, but no one seemed to know who had written them.

Earl Stanhope and the Re-Invention of Printing

By Clay Lane

Britain never knew she was a nation of voracious readers until printing entered the steam age.

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