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King Arthur's Knights-..

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King Arthur's Knights by Henry Gilbert by Henry Gilbert. Juvenile Literature, the book for Christmas gift, an early book of 19th century, yet tops our present literature books. The book story began; In the hall of his Roman palace at London, King Uther, Pendragon of the Island of Britain, lay dying. He had been long sick with a wasting disease, and forced to lie in his bed, gnawing his beard with wrath at his weakness, while the pagan Saxons ravened up and down the fair broad lands, leaving in their tracks the smoking ruin of broken towns and desolated villages, where mothers lay dead beside their children on the hearths, fair churches stood pillaged and desecrated, and priests and nuns wandered in the wilds. At length, when the pagans, bold and insolent, had ventured near London, the king had been able to bear his shame and anguish no longer. He had put himself, in a litter, at the head of his army, and meeting the fierce, brave pagans at Verulam (now called St. Albans) he had, in a battle day-long and stubborn, forced them at length to fly with heavy slaughter............

Sobre o autor(a)

Gilbert, Henry

Henry Gilbert (1868-1937) foi um jornalista que escreveu vários livros baseados em figuras históricas, principalmente lendárias, sendo Robin Hood o mais popular. Gilbert também escreveu King Arthur’s Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls, The Book of Pirates: True Tales of Notorious Buccaneers, The Conquerors of Peru: Retold from Prescott’s Conquest of Peru, e The Conquerors of Mexico: Retold from Prescott’s Conquest of Mexico. Seus livros são conhecidos por sua precisão histórica e seu estilo de narrar.