A Short History of the English People, volume 1
A Short History of the English People, volume 1
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In his winter march on Chester he strode afoot at the head of his fainting troops, and helped with his own hands to clear a road through the snowdrifts. With the northman's daring broke out the northman's pitilessness. When the townsmen of Alen^on hung raw hides along their walls in scorn of the baseness of his birth, with cries of " Work for the Tanner ! " William tore out his prisoners' eyes, cut ofT their hands and feet, and flung them into the town. At the close of his greatest victory he r...efused Harold's body a grave. Hundreds of Hampshire men were driven from their homes to make him a hunting-ground, and his harrying of Digitized by Google ENGLAND UNDER FOREIGN KINGS 141 Northumbria left the north of England a desolate waste. There is Sec. iv a grim, ruthless ring about his very jests. In his old age Philip of ^oJukr r France mocked at the Conqueror's unwieldy bulk and at the sickness 1042 TO which confined him to his bed at Rouen. " King William has as 1066 long a lying-in," laughed his enemy, "as a woman behind her curtains !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In his winter march on Chester he strode afoot at the head of his fainting troops, and helped with his own hands to clear a road through the snowdrifts. With the northman's daring broke out the northman's pitilessness. When the townsmen of Alen^on hung raw hides along their walls in scorn of the baseness of his birth, with cries of " Work for the Tanner ! " William tore out his prisoners' eyes, cut ofT their hands and feet, and flung them into the town. At the close of his greatest victory he r...efused Harold's body a grave. Hundreds of Hampshire men were driven from their homes to make him a hunting-ground, and his harrying of Digitized by Google ENGLAND UNDER FOREIGN KINGS 141 Northumbria left the north of England a desolate waste. There is Sec. iv a grim, ruthless ring about his very jests. In his old age Philip of ^oJukr r France mocked at the Conqueror's unwieldy bulk and at the sickness 1042 TO which confined him to his bed at Rouen. " King William has as 1066 long a lying-in," laughed his enemy, "as a woman behind her curtains !
What to read after A Short History of the English People, volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by John Richard Green, Alice Stopford Green, Kate Norgate to read onlineMoreLess
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