Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘France’
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A firework display in Paris turned to tragedy in the narrow streets of the capital.
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French revolutionaries in a fleet of four ships attempted to spark a revolution in Britain.
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A story about William the Conqueror’s father, Robert the Magnificent.
The ten-year-old got away from a royal castle disguised as a bundle of hay.
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In 6th century France, a faithful kitchen servant sold himself into slavery to rescue a kidnapped boy.