Cressy and Poictiers: The Story of the Black Prince's Page

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Introduction	1
II.	The Falcon in Gracechurch	2
III.	Winning the Peacock	6
IV.	At my Grandsire's Homestead	10
V.	Jack Fletcher	14
VI.	War with France	19
VII.	Windsor Castle	25
VIII.	Edward the Black Prince	29
IX.	King Edward's Defiance	36
X.	The Voyage	40
XI.	March of the Invaders	43
XII.	A Snare	45
XIII.	The Broken Bridges	49
XIV.	A Rush for Liberty	50
XV.	Hunting a King	55
XVI.	Gobin Agace	58
XVII.	How we Forded the Somme	61
XVIII.	The Eve of Battle	64
XIX.	The Battle of Cressy	66
XX.	My Adventures at Cressy	72
XXI.	At La Broyes	79
XXII.	The Siege of Calais	83
XXIII.	My Release	87
XXIV.	The Falcon Revisited	90
XXV.	The Crisis	98
XXVI.	The Eve of Battle	102
XXVII.	Face to Face	106
XXVIII.	Neville's Cross	109
XXVIX.	Royalty in a Rage	113
XXX.	At Calais	118
XXXI.	The Luck of John Copeland	121
XXXII.	Arrivals	126
XXXIII.	No Road	131
XXXIV.	Surrender of Calais	135
XXXV.	A Runaway Bridegroom	140
XXXVI.	How Calais was Repeopled	142
XXXVII.	A Mysterious Visit	146
XXXVIII.	Calais in Peril	150
XXXIX.	The Lords De Ov	154
XL.	Too Late	159
XLI.	How Calais was Saved	162
XLII.	A Princess in Peril	168
XLIII.	The Plague of Florence	173
XLIV.	John, King of France	176
XLV.	Renewal of the War	180
XLVI.	A Town Lost and Won	184
XLVII.	"A Douglas!"	189
XLVIII.	Burnt Candlemas	194
XLIX.	Our Captivity	197
L.	Chased by Bloodhounds	204
LI.	At Bordeaux	211
LII.	The Prince in Black Armour	214
LIII.	The Incursion	217
LIV.	The Coming Foe	221
LV.	An Unwelcome Discovery	224
LVI.	Poictiers	227
LVII.	Sunday Morning	229
LVIII.	The Peace-maker	233
LIX.	Chandos and Clermont	236
LX.	The Array of the English	239
LXI.	Rout of the Marshals	242
LXII.	The Prince in the Battle	244
LXIII.	Adventures in the Field	248
LXIV.	A Royal Captive	251
LXV.	How I Rescued my worst Enemy	254
LXVI.	The Scots at Poictiers	256
LXVII.	The Victors and the Vanquished	259
LXVIII.	The March to Bordeaux	261
LXIX.	The Prince and his Captive	264
LXX.	Death of Queen Isabel	268
LXXI.	What Befell Lord De Ov	272
LXXII.	Marriage of the Black Prince	274
LXXIII.	The Challenge	278
LXXIV.	Trial by Battle	281
LXXV.	Glory and the Grave	283

Clyx.com