title: Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More
author:  Robert Lacey 
description: ""An astonishing amount of information.... It's hard to imagine a better-executed, easier-to-digest primer on the social, political and religious life of the age."
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  English Literature For Boys And Girls
  
  
  YEAR 7
  
  
    
    
  Chapter I IN THE LISTENING TIME  
    
  Chapter II THE STORY OF THE CATTLE RAID OF COOLEY
  
  
    
    
  Chapter III ONE OF THE SORROWS OF STORY-TELLING  
    
  Chapter IV THE STORY OF A LITERARY LIE  
    
  Chapter V THE STORY OF FINGAL  
    
  Chapter VI ABOUT SOME OLD WELSH STORIES AND
  
  
  STORY-TELLERS  
    
  Chapter VII HOW THE STORY OF ARTHUR WAS WRITTEN IN
  
  
  ENGLISH  
    
  Chapter VIII THE BEGINNING OF THE READING TIME  
    
  Chapter IX "THE PASSING OF ARTHUR"  
    
  Chapter X THE ADVENTURES OF AN OLD ENGLISH BOOK
  
  
    
    
  Chapter XI THE STORY OF BEOWULF  
    
  Chapter XII THE FATHER OF ENGLISH SONG  
    
  Chapter XIII HOW CAEDMON SANG, AND HOW HE FELL
  
  
  ONCE MORE ON SILENCE  
    
  Chapter XIV THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY  
    
  Chapter XV HOW ALFRED THE GREAT FOUGHT WITH HIS
  
  
  PEN  
    
  Chapter XVI WHEN ENGLISH SLEPT  
    
  Chapter XVII THE STORY OF HAVELOK THE DANE  
    
  Chapter XVIII ABOUT SOME SONG STORIES