Our Island Story, Part 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - History

Authors: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall In Year : 1905

Book Language: English

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Introduction
The Stories of Albion and Brutus
The Coming of the Romans
The Romans Come Again
How Caligula Conquered Britain
The Story of a Warrior Queen
The Last of the Romans
The Story of St. Alban
Vortigern and King Constans
The Coming of Hengist and Horsa
Hengist's Treachery
How the Giant's Dance was Brought to Britain
The Coming of Arthur
The Founding of the Round Table
Gregory and the Pretty Children
How King Alfred Learned to Read
King Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage
More About Alfred the Great
Ethelred the Unready
How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown
Canute and the Waves
Edward the Confessor
Harold
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Hastings
William the Conqueror
Death of the King
William the Red
The Story of the White Ship
The Story of King Stephan
Gilbert and Rohesia
Thomas a Becket
Conquest of Ireland
Richard Couer de Lion
How Blondel Found the King
Prince Arthur
The Great Charter
Hubert de Burgh
Simon de Montfort
The Story of the Poisoned Dagger
The Little War of Chalons
The First Prince of Wales
The Hammer of the Scots
Robert the Bruce and Bohun
The Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Sluys
The Battle of Crecy
The Siege of Calais
The Battle of Poitiers
Wat Tyler's Rebellion
How King Richard II Lost his Throne
The Battle of Shrewsbury
How Prince Hal was Sent to Prison
The Battle of Agincourt
The Maid of Orleans

Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England. Marshall freely mixes folk tale with historical fact and in so doing paints a very vivid picture of the past in a style reminiscent of all that is finest in the children’s story telling tradition.This is the first section of that work and will carry you from the time when Tacitus first sang the praises of Britannica to his Roman readers up to the vicious and bloodthirsty confusion that is the War of the Roses (about 1500 years). (Summary by Jim)

Part 2 of this book may be found at http://librivox.org/our-island-story-part-2-by-he-marshall/.