A Story of the Days of Louis IX. BY
J. G. EDGAR,
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE BOY CRUSADERS.
CHAPTER I. A FEUDAL CASTLE. IT was the age of chain armour and
CHAPTER II. THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. ON the last Wednesday of the
CHAPTER III. THE HEIRS OF THE ESPECS. IN the days when the
CHAPTER IV. ST. LOUIS. AMONG the names of the European princes
CHAPTER V. TAKING THE CROSS.
CHAPTER VI. EMBARKING FOR THE EAST. IT was Saturday; and the
CHAPTER VII. THE ARMED PILGRIMS AT CYPRUS. NOT with the very
CHAPTER VIII. EASTWARD. IT was July, as I have intimated, when
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVENTURE. IT was not the good fortune of all
CHAPTER X. ON THE LADDER OF LIFE. FOUR days passed over, and
CHAPTER XI. THE VOYAGE. IT was the Saturday before Pentecost,
CHAPTER XII. AT DAMIETTA.
CHAPTER XIII. INCURSIONS. AND what were the sultan and the
CHAPTER XIV. A RENEGADE. IT was a sad day for Guy Muschamp and
CHAPTER XV. CAPTURE OF A CARAVAN. WHILE King Louis lay at
CHAPTER XVI. A COUNCIL OF WAR. ON the morning after the return
CHAPTER XVII. FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER XVIII. DELAY AND DANGER. IT was January 1250, and King
CHAPTER XIX. THE CAPTIVE. AT the time when Guy Muschamp was
CHAPTER XX. PASSING THE ACHMOUN. MORE than six weeks had passed
CHAPTER XXI THE CARNAGE OF MANSOURAH. IT was still early
CHAPTER XXII. THE BATTLE. NO sooner did Guy Muschamp find the
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW JOINVILLE KEPT THE BRIDGE.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIRST FRIDAY IN LENT. ON the day when the
CHAPTER XXV. MORTIFICATIONS AND MISERIES. NO longer could the
CHAPTER XXVI. THE MASSACRE OF MINIEH. IT was already dark when
CHAPTER XXVII. JOINVILLE IN PERIL. WHILE King Louis and the
CHAPTER XXVIII. NEWS OF DISASTER.
CHAPTER XXIX. A WOUNDED PILGRIM. IT was long ere Walter Espec,
CHAPTER XXX. ST. LOUIS IN CHAINS. WHEN King Louis was led away
CHAPTER XXXI. THE TRAGEDY OF PHARESCOUR. AT Pharescour, on the
CHAPTER XXXII. PERILS AND SUSPENSE. THE Saracen chiefs, after
CHAPTER XXXIII. ACRE. AT the time when King Louis, sad but
CHAPTER XXXIV. A RESCUE.
CHAPTER XXXV. MISSION TO BAGDAD. AFTER the assassination of
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE LAST OF THE CALIPHS. ASTONISHED as the
CHAPTER XXXVII. A RECOGNITION. WHEN the Templar and the English
CHAPTER XXXVIII. WOE TO THE CALIPH. I HAVE mentioned that, in
CHAPTER XXXIX. IN THE LION'S MOUTH.
CHAPTER XL. END OF THE ARMED PILGRIMAGE. THE Templar and the
CHAPTER XLI. A SUDDEN DISCOVERY. IT was evening, and shadows
CHAPTER XLII. HOMEWARD BOUND. ON the vigil of St. Mark, after
CHAPTER XLIII. A ROYAL VISIT. THE countenance of the King of
CHAPTER XLIV. THE FEAST OF KINGS.
In vain were all attempts to drag him from his steed; before his mighty battle-axe the Saracens seemed to fall as corn before the reaper.—p. 169.
In vain were all attempts to drag him from his steed; before his mighty battle-axe the Saracens seemed to fall as corn before the reaper.—p. 169.
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