Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 244
... night and next morning the army and its baggage train crossed the Seine . In the next five days it marched seventy miles due north , hoping to cross the Somme between Amiens and Abbeville and join hands with the Flemings who were ...
... night and next morning the army and its baggage train crossed the Seine . In the next five days it marched seventy miles due north , hoping to cross the Somme between Amiens and Abbeville and join hands with the Flemings who were ...
Page 260
... night the Queen , who had spent the day praying in Battle abbey , was joined by Edward and his sons at Pevensey castle , ' where the lords and ladies passed the night in great revel , speaking of war and love ' . The victory helped to ...
... night the Queen , who had spent the day praying in Battle abbey , was joined by Edward and his sons at Pevensey castle , ' where the lords and ladies passed the night in great revel , speaking of war and love ' . The victory helped to ...
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... night , all but one tower which held out till the 6th . Then , on 7 July , with much booty and many prisoners , he set out for home . For with John's huge army only a dozen miles away he was in grave danger . With 2000 fighting men ...
... night , all but one tower which held out till the 6th . Then , on 7 July , with much booty and many prisoners , he set out for home . For with John's huge army only a dozen miles away he was in grave danger . With 2000 fighting men ...
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