Category: Historical Novels
THE SYNOD OF STREONESHALH THE DOOMED HEIR OF OSMOTHERLEY EADWINE, THE ROYAL MARTYR SIWARD, THE VICEROY PHASES IN THE LIFE OF A POLITICAL MARTYR THE MURDERER'S BRIDE THE EARLDOM OF WILTES BLACK-FACED CLIFFORD THE SHEPHERD LORD THE FELONS OF ILKLEY THE INGLEBY BOAR'S HEAD THE EL...
The gentleman who thus came upon the scene was a Mr. Charles Henry Frankland, thirty-six years of age, and slightly bronzed in feature from his early residence in Bengal, where...
10. Part 10What followed may be told in the words of the Plumpton MS.:--In the year 1184, while the King (Henry II.) was sojourning at Worcester with his army, with intent to make war with...
6. Part 6"Wast thou ordain'd, dear father, To lose thy youth in peace, and to achieve The silvery livery of advised age, And in thy reverence, and thy chair-days thus To die in ruffian b...
8. Part 8John Ingilby (_temp._ Richard II.), was the second founder of and benefactor to the Carthusian Monastery of Mount Grace, in Cleveland. John, born at Ripley in 1434, "did wondrou...
5. Part 5The causes of the deposition and death of Richard were his weak character and his obnoxious mode of government, through favourites and evil advisers, which were accelerated by t...
1. Part 1THE SYNOD OF STREONESHALH THE DOOMED HEIR OF OSMOTHERLEY EADWINE, THE ROYAL MARTYR SIWARD, THE VICEROY PHASES IN THE LIFE OF A POLITICAL MARTYR THE MURDERER'S BRIDE THE EARLDOM...
9. Part 9Sir John then ordered wine and victuals to be laid out for their breakfast, and invited the two sons of Sir Robert to sit down and join him in the repast; the younger, through f...
3. Part 3It was then determined that the great temple of Woden should be desecrated, and the King inquired who would dare to do it. "I," replied Coifi, "I have spent my life hitherto in...
11. Part 11"Bluff King Hal," as he was frequently termed, was no favourite with the better class of ladies; and especially with such as were of a devout turn of mind, and were regular and...
2. Part 2The months thus passed along, and began to resolve themselves into years, but still the great hope of their lives was not accomplished, that of giving an heir to carry downwards...
4. Part 4There was a great feast in the eastern counties to celebrate the marriage of Ralph, Earl of Suffolk, with Emma, daughter of Roger, son of William, Earl of Hereford, and Waltheof...
7. Part 7Londesborough is supposed to have been the Delgovitia of the Romans, and was seated at the foot of the road from Eboracum, one branch going to the ferry over the Humber at Broug...
13. Part 13"Well, Sir John," said the King, "this act of yours is unparalleled, and will, I fear, lead to dismal consequences, and I cannot do less than proclaim and proceed against you as...