INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I A SQUIRE AND A CITIZEN

CHAPTER II THE ICINGLAS

CHAPTER III AN UNBIDDEN GUEST

CHAPTER IV CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER V THE TOWER OF LONDON

CHAPTER VI KING JOHN

CHAPTER VII A MAN OF THE FOREST

CHAPTER VIII THE KING AND THE BARONS

CHAPTER IX A BLOW IN SEASON

CHAPTER X WILLIAM DE COLLINGHAM

CHAPTER XI ANCIENT LONDON

CHAPTER XII THE BARONS IN LONDON

CHAPTER XIII EVACUATION OF THE TOWER

CHAPTER XIV A HEROINE IN DANGER

CHAPTER XV ISABEL OF ANGOULeME

CHAPTER XVI TAKEN BY SURPRISE

CHAPTER XVII THE WINDSOR OF KING JOHN

CHAPTER XVIII THE DAY OF RUNNYMEDE

CHAPTER XIX CHAS-CHATEIL

CHAPTER XX OLIVER'S CAPTIVITY

CHAPTER XXI DE MOREVILLE'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XXII HOW THE KING BIDED HIS TIME

CHAPTER XXIII TURNING TO BAY

CHAPTER XXIV A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT

CHAPTER XXV THE VOWS OF THE HERON

CHAPTER XXVI A PAINFUL INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XXVII THE INVADER AND HIS DUPES

CHAPTER XXVIII STYR THE ANGLO-SAXON AND HIS SON

CHAPTER XXIX HUNTING A WILD BOAR

CHAPTER XXX A GRAND FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP

CHAPTER XXXI PEDRO THE PAGE

CHAPTER XXXII THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE

CHAPTER XXXIII WARRIORS IN DISGUISE

CHAPTER XXXIV A RIDE FOR LIFE

CHAPTER XXXV THE RUDDY LION RAMPANT

CHAPTER XXXVI END OF KING JOHN

CHAPTER XXXVII THE GREAT EARL OF PEMBROKE

CHAPTER XXXVIII CORONATION OF THE BOY HENRY

CHAPTER XXXIX A CONQUEROR IN IMAGINATION

CHAPTER XL A CAMP OF REFUGE

CHAPTER XLI OLIVER'S DREAM

CHAPTER XLII BURNING OF OAKMEDE

CHAPTER XLIII FOUND DYING

CHAPTER XLIV A MYSTERIOUS EXIT

CHAPTER XLV A FRENCH ARMAMENT

CHAPTER XLVI A SEA-FIGHT

CHAPTER XLVII THE SIEGE OF MOUNT SORREL

CHAPTER XLVIII LINCOLN

CHAPTER XLIX COLLINGHAM'S RAVENS

CHAPTER L THE BATTLE

CHAPTER LI DE MOREVILLE IN BATTLE HARNESS

CHAPTER LII DEFIANT TILL DEATH

CHAPTER LIII AFTER THE BATTLE

CHAPTER LIV AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT

CHAPTER LV SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS

CHAPTER LVI THE WRESTLING MATCH

CHAPTER LVII A MEDIAEVAL RESTAURANT

CHAPTER LVIII WRESTLING FOR THE RAM

CHAPTER LIX A STARTLING SPECTACLE

CHAPTER LX A DEMAGOGUE AND HIS DESPERADOES

CHAPTER LXI AN OFFERING TO THE WINDS

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