by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Translated by Margaret Hunt 1 The Frog-King, or Iron Henry In old times when…
Read MoreCHAPTER I – ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS
Charles Dickens Read All Book IF you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand…
Read MoreCHAPTER II – ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS
Charles Dickens Read All Book THE Romans had scarcely gone away from Britain, when the Britons began to wish they…
Read MoreCHAPTER III – ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED
Charles Dickens Read All Book ALFRED THE GREAT was a young man, three-and-twenty years of age, when he became king.…
Read MoreCHAPTER IV – ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY-KINGS
Charles Dickens Read All Book ATHELSTAN, the son of Edward the Elder, succeeded that king. He reigned only fifteen years;…
Read MoreCHAPTER V – ENGLAND UNDER CANUTE THE DANE
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…
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