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…
Read MoreCHAPTER XIV – ENGLAND UNDER KING JOHN, CALLED LACKLAND
Charles Dickens Read All Book AT two-and-thirty years of age, JOHN became King of England. His pretty little nephew ARTHUR…
Read MoreCHAPTER XV – ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE THIRD, CALLED, OF WINCHESTER
Charles Dickens Read All Book IF any of the English Barons remembered the murdered Arthur`s sister, Eleanor the fair maid…
Read MoreCHAPTER XVI – ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE FIRST, CALLED LONGSHANKS
Charles Dickens Read All Book IT was now the year of our Lord one thousand two hundred and seventy-two; and…
Read MoreCHAPTER XVII – ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE SECOND
Charles Dickens Read All Book KING Edward the Second, the first Prince of Wales, was twenty-three years old when his…
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