tailieunhanh - Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15)

One day, in the far-off sixth century, a youthful deacon of the Roman Church walked into the slave-market of Rome, situated at one extremity of the ancient Forum. Gregory, his name; his origin from an ancient noble family, whose genealogy could be traced back to the days of the early Cæsars. A youth was this of imperial powers of mind, one who, had he lived when Rome was mistress of the physical world, might have become emperor; but who, living when Rome had risen to lordship over the spiritual world, became pope,--the famous Gregory the Great. In the Forum the young deacon saw that which touched. | Historical Tales Vol. 4 1 Historical Tales Vol. 4 Project Gutenberg s Historical Tales Vol. 4 of 15 by Charles Morris 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 Historical Tales Vol. 4 of 15 The Romance of Reality Author Charles Morris Release Date June 5 2006 EBook 18511 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES VOL. 4 OF 15 Produced by Dave Kline Janet Blenkinship and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Édition d Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality Historical Tales Vol. 4 2 By CHARLES MORRIS Author of Half-Hours with the Best American Authors Tales from the Dramatists etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume IV English J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright 1893 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright 1904 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Copyright 1908 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Illustration WARWICK CASTLE. CONTENTS PAGE HOW ENGLAND BECAME CHRISTIAN 9 KING ALFRED AND THE DANES 19 THE WOOING OF ELFRIDA 35 THE END OF SAXON ENGLAND 49 HEREWARD THE WAKE 62 THE DEATH OF THE RED KING 77 HOW THE WHITE SHIP SAILED 86 A CONTEST FOR A CROWN 93 THE CAPTIVITY OF RICHARD COEUR DE LION 107 ROBIN HOOD AND THE KNIGHT OF THE RUEFUL COUNTENANCE 121 WALLACE THE HERO OF SCOTLAND 136 BRUCE AT BANNOCKBURN 149 THE SIEGE OF CALAIS 162 THE BLACK PRINCE AT POITIERS 174 WAT TYLER AND THE MEN OF KENT 185 THE WHITE ROSE OF ENGLAND 196 3 Historical Tales Vol. 4 THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD 213 THE STORY OF ARABELLA STUART 228 LOVE S KNIGHT-ERRANT 241 THE TAKING OF PONTEFRACT CASTLE 262 THE ADVENTURES OF A ROYAL FUGITIVE 276 CROMWELL AND THE PARLIAMENT 297 THE RELIEF OF LONDONDERRY 305 THE HUNTING OF BRAEMAR 315 THE FLIGHT OF PRINCE CHARLES 324 TRAFALGAR AND THE DEATH OF NELSON .