Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... field . Yet for a further seven years Wallace continued to hold out in the wilderness , thereby pointing a way to his country's future . For this brave man and his foot kerns had proved that on ground of their own choosing they could ...
... field . Yet for a further seven years Wallace continued to hold out in the wilderness , thereby pointing a way to his country's future . For this brave man and his foot kerns had proved that on ground of their own choosing they could ...
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... fields , with bare trees and grey , colourless skies , and the nights of shivering in draughty hovels , were broken by the sweet wintry festival of Christ's birth , with its bright fires , lighted win- dows and good fare . It came just ...
... fields , with bare trees and grey , colourless skies , and the nights of shivering in draughty hovels , were broken by the sweet wintry festival of Christ's birth , with its bright fires , lighted win- dows and good fare . It came just ...
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... fields . One town in England stood alone . With the royal courts of law sitting permanently in the King's palace or hall ... field , where high - stepping palfreys with gleaming coats were put through their paces and country folk brought ...
... fields . One town in England stood alone . With the royal courts of law sitting permanently in the King's palace or hall ... field , where high - stepping palfreys with gleaming coats were put through their paces and country folk brought ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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