Charles Dickens Read All Book CANUTE reigned eighteen years. He was a merciless King at first. After he had clasped…
Read MoreCHAPTER VI – ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD HAREFOOT, HARDICANUTE, AND EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
Charles Dickens Read All Book CANUTE left three sons, by name SWEYN, HAROLD, and HARDICANUTE; but his Queen, Emma, once…
Read MoreCHAPTER VII – ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND, AND CONQUERED BY THE NORMANS
Charles Dickens Read All Book HAROLD was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor`s funeral.…
Read MoreCHAPTER VIII – ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE FIRST, THE NORMAN CONQUEROR
Charles Dickens Read All Book UPON the ground where the brave Harold fell, William the Norman afterwards founded an abbey,…
Read MoreCHAPTER IX – ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE SECOND, CALLED RUFUS
Charles Dickens Read All Book WILLIAM THE RED, in breathless haste, secured the three great forts of Dover, Pevensey, and…
Read MoreCHAPTER X – ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE FIRST, CALLED FINE-SCHOLAR
Charles Dickens Read All Book FINE-SCHOLAR, on hearing of the Red King`s death, hurried to Winchester with as much speed…
Read MoreCHAPTER XI – ENGLAND UNDER MATILDA AND STEPHEN
Charles Dickens Read All Book THE King was no sooner dead than all the plans and schemes he had laboured…
Read MoreCHAPTER XII – ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SECOND
Charles Dickens Read All Book HENRY PLANTAGENET, when he was but twenty-one years old, quietly succeeded to the throne of…
Read MoreCHAPTER XIII – ENGLAND UNDER RICHARD THE FIRST, CALLED THE LIONHEART
Charles Dickens Read All Book IN the year of our Lord one thousand one hundred and eighty-nine, Richard of the…
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