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EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES, VOL. 4 (OF 15) ***


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Historical Tales
The Romance of Reality

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
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 339
THE MASSACRE OF AN ARMY 349
THE JUBILEES OF QUEEN VICTORIA 358


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