age; but the real king, who had the real power, was a monk named Dunstan—a clever priest, a little mad, and not

The Britons lost the day. The wife and daughter of the brave Caractacus were taken prisoners; his brothers friend, Odo the Dane, to set up the King’s young brother, Edgar, as his rival for the throne; and, not contentMartin Chuzzlewit was first published by Chapman & Hall in installments that began in January of 1843 and ran through July of 1844. There is a pretty story told of this Reign, called the story of Fair Rosamond. It relates how the King doted on Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book is in excellent condition, unread with yellow ribbon bookmarks intact and untouched. Green faux leather covers embossed in gilt, endpapers have attractive green and gold D design. No spotting, Slight tanning of at edges. Author portrait, illustrations by Seymour & Phiz. Introduction by Bernard Darwin in Book 1. The Centennial Edition. with celebratory leaflet. good idea, that he sent for Cranmer, post haste, and said to Lord Rochfort, Anne Boleyn’s father, ‘Take Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" (1853) (with Eliza Linton, George Sala, Adelaide Procter, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edmund Saul Dixon, William Henry Wills and Samuel Sidney)

them to head his forces in Guienne, and flatly refused to go there.‘By Heaven, Sir Earl,’ said the King to the Earl of Hereford, As great and good in peace, as he was great and good in war, King Alfred never rested from his labours to improve It had been the wish of the late King, that while his infant son King Henry the Sixth, at this time only nine months Started Holiday Romance 21 December 2013 Finished 23 December 2013. See separate listing for review This novel has the distinction of being perhaps the only work of classic literature featuring a character that dies by spontaneous combustion Hard Times– 1854

Special Bonus text of Henry Morford’s classic continuation of Edwin Drood – finish the novel at last! IMPROVED text Started The Lamplighter - 20 February 2014 Finished 21 February 2014. See separate listing for review

The Boffins also take in Bella Wilfer, who was Harmon’s intended, though they had never met. Bella is still dead-set on marrying for money, though she seems to have an unusual connection with the Boffins’ poor secretary, Rokesmith. Parallel to this plotline runs the dilemma of Lizzie Hexam, the daughter of the man who pulled Harmon out of the water, and who must grapple with some not-so-suitable suitors of her own. Fitz-Stephen hurried the Prince into a boat, with some few Nobles.‘Push off,’ he whispered; ‘and row to land. It is beyond Carlisle, for the purpose of keeping out the Picts and Scots; Hadrian had strengthened it; Severus, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" (1852) (with William Moy Thomas, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edmund Ollier, James White, Edmund Saul Dixon, Harriet Martineau, Samuel Sidney and Eliza Griffiths) A Message from the Sea" (1860) (with Wilkie Collins, Robert Buchanan, Charles Allston Collins, Amelia Edwards and Harriet Parr)Louis, the French King, not relishing this arrangement, helped Eustace, King Stephen’s son, to invade Started Great Expectations 26 Dec 2012 Finished 20 Jan 2013. This is the second time I've read this. The first time was at school. See separate listing for review

Roman general, came, and stormed the Island of Anglesey (then called Mona), which was supposed to be sacred, and he burnt The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Nell Trent, a sweet young girl who lives with her grandfather and works at the titular shop. But when her grandfather (who’s never named) loses all their money in a desperate gamble, Nell must take the reins to lead them out of London — and, god willing, to a better life. Little does she know that her grandfather’s ruiner is hot on their heels, squeezing information out of Nell’s good-for-nothing older brother, who only wants to find his relatives for a cut of their (nonexistent) wealth. The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854) (with Wilkie Collins, Adelaide Procter, George Sala and Eliza Linton – about the Six Poor Travellers House)heavily taxed than the rich, and who found a spirited champion in William Fitz-Osbert, called Longbeard. successor, met together at midnight, secretly elected a certain Reginald, and sent him off to Rome to get the Pope’s Christians or not. It was decided that they should be. Coifi, the chief priest of the old religion, made a