tailieunhanh - Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower

A lad was standing on the little lookout turret, on the top of a border fortalice. The place was evidently built solely with an eye to defence, comfort being an altogether secondary consideration. It was a square building, of rough stone, the walls broken only by narrow loopholes; and the door, which was ten feet above the ground, was reached by broad wooden steps, which could be hauled up in case of necessity; and were, in fact, raised every night. The building was some forty feet square. The upper floor was divided into several chambers, which were the sleeping places of its lord and master, his. | Both Sides the Border by G. A. Henty 1 Both Sides the Border by G. A. Henty The Project Gutenberg eBook Both Sides the Border by G. A. Henty Illustrated by Ralph Peacock This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower Author G. A. Henty Release Date August 17 2006 eBook 19070 Language English Character set encoding ISO-646-US US-ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOTH SIDES THE BORDER E-text prepared by Martin Robb Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http dirs 1 9 0 7 19070 19070-h or http dirs 1 9 0 7 19070 BOTH SIDES THE BORDER A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by G. A. HENTY. Illustrated by Ralph Peacock Contents Preface. A Border Hold. Across The Border. At Alnwick. An Unequal Joust. Both Sides the Border by G. A. Henty A Mission. 2 At Dunbar. Back To Hotspur. Ludlow Castle. The Welsh Rising. A Breach Of Duty. Bad News. A Dangerous Mission. Escape. In Hiding. Another Mission To Ludlow. A Letter For The King. Knighted. Glendower. The Battle Of Homildon Hill. The Percys Discontent. Shrewsbury. Preface. The four opening years of the fifteenth century were among the most stirring in the history of England. Owen Glendower carried fire and slaughter among the Welsh marches captured most of the strong places held by the English and foiled three invasions led by the king himself. The northern borders were invaded by Douglas who after devastating a large portion of Northumberland Cumberland and Durham was defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon by the Earl of Northumberland and his son Hotspur. Then followed the strange and unnatural .