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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A SQUIRE AND A CITIZEN 1
II. THE ICINGLAS 7
III. AN UNBIDDEN GUEST 10
IV. CHRISTMAS 18
V. THE TOWER OF LONDON 22
VI. KING JOHN 25
VII. A MAN OF THE FOREST 31
VIII. THE KING AND THE BARONS 37
IX. A BLOW IN SEASON 43
X. WILLIAM DE COLLINGHAM 49
XI. ANCIENT LONDON 53
XII. THE BARONS IN LONDON 59
XIII. EVACUATION OF THE TOWER 63
XIV. A HEROINE IN DANGER 67
XV. ISABEL OF ANGOULÊME 72
XVI. TAKEN BY SURPRISE 76
XVII. THE WINDSOR OF KING JOHN 83
XVIII. THE DAY OF RUNNYMEDE 87
XIX. CHAS-CHATEIL 91
XX. OLIVER’S CAPTIVITY 96
XXI. DE MOREVILLE’S DAUGHTER 100
XXII. HOW THE KING BIDED HIS TIME 108
XXIII. TURNING TO BAY 115
XXIV. A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT 119
XXV. THE VOWS OF THE HERON 123
XXVI. A PAINFUL INTERVIEW 127
XXVII. THE INVADER AND HIS DUPES 130
XXVIII. STYR THE ANGLO-SAXON AND HIS SON 135
XXIX. HUNTING A WILD BOAR 139
XXX. A GRAND FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP 143
XXXI. PEDRO THE PAGE 149
XXXII. THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE 154
XXXIII. WARRIORS IN DISGUISE 158
XXXIV. A RIDE FOR LIFE 165
XXXV. THE RUDDY LION RAMPANT 173
XXXVI. END OF KING JOHN 176
XXXVII. THE GREAT EARL OF PEMBROKE 179
XXXVIII. CORONATION OF THE BOY HENRY 182
XXXIX. A CONQUEROR IN IMAGINATION 186
XL. A CAMP OF REFUGE 190
XLI. OLIVER’S DREAM 197
XLII. BURNING OF OAKMEDE 200
XLIII. FOUND DYING 207
XLIV. A MYSTERIOUS EXIT 210
XLV. A FRENCH ARMAMENT 215
XLVI. A SEA-FIGHT 218
XLVII. THE SIEGE OF MOUNT SORREL 221
XLVIII. LINCOLN 225
XLIX. COLLINGHAM’S RAVENS 229
L. THE BATTLE 233
LI. DE MOREVILLE IN BATTLE HARNESS 237
LII. DEFIANT TILL DEATH 242
LIII. AFTER THE BATTLE 245
LIV. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT 247
LV. SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS 252
LVI. THE WRESTLING-MATCH 255
LVII A MEDIÆVAL RESTAURANT 259
LVIII. WRESTLING FOR THE RAM 263
LIX. A STARTLING SPECTACLE 267
LX. A DEMAGOGUE AND HIS DESPERADOES 271
LXI. AN OFFERING TO THE WINDS 276
RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR
A STORY OF THE GREAT CHARTER