by John Bowling
THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS.
by
JOHN BOWLING
Author of "Brailsford: A Tale of West Riding Life," etc.
London:Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.Leeds: Henry Walker, Briggate.
Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury
SAXON AND VIKING. "THE CURSE OF SKULD BE UPON THEE,TRAITOR!"]
CONTENTS.
I. ETHEL
II. STORM CLOUDS
III. TRAITORS IN COUNCIL
IV. DEFEAT
V. DESPERATE RESOLVES
VI. BARON VIGNEAU
VII. ALICE DE MONTFORT
VIII. VILLAINS PLOTTING
IX. VILLAINS OUTWITTED
X. A FRUITLESS EMBASSY
XI. OSWALD'S DEFENCE OF HIS CASTLE
XII. ALICE DE MONTFORT SETS FREE THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN
XIII. BARON VIGNEAU BALKED OF HIS REVENGE
XIV. THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN CONFRONTS DE MONTFORT
XV. OUTLAWS AND WOLFSHEADS
XVI. SIGURD THE VIKING
XVII. EVIL COUNSELLORS
XVIII. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN HATE
XIX. ALICE DE MONTFORT AND THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN
XX. WAR'S VICISSITUDES
XXI. VIKING CHIEF AND SAXON MAIDEN
XXII. A VIKING'S LOVE
XXIII. A VILLAIN DEMANDS HIS WAGES
XXIV. THE TRYST
XXV. BADGER CRACKS THE NORMAN'S PATE
XXVI. SAXON AND VIKING AT THE SWORD'S POINT
XXVII. JEANNETTE AND WULFHERE; OR LOVE'S COMEDIES
XXVIII. A GRIM TEMPLE, A GRIM PRIEST, AND A SAD HEART
XXIX. EDGAR ATHELING
XXX. PRINCE AND PARASITE
XXXI. PRINCE AND VIKING
XXXII. BADGER ON THE ALERT
XXXIII. DOG ROBS DOG
XXXIV. WILD DARING OF SIGURD THE VIKING
XXXV. THE SAXON DEVIL AND THE WICKED ABBOT
XXXVI. LOVERS PLOTTING
XXXVII. THE JOUST: SAXON AND NORMAN
XXXVIII. THE SAXONS' REVENGE
XXXIX. BEWARE THE VIKING
XL. THE HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN
XLI. NOBILITY IN CONTRAST
XLII. VIKINGS ALL! AN OLD TIME SAGA
XLIII. THE CONQUEROR CONQUERED
XLIV. THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS
XLV. SUNSHINE HAS ITS SHADOWS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SAXON AND VIKING. "THE CURSE OF SKULD BE UPON THEE, TRAITOR!"
ALICE DE MONTFORT SETS FREE THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN.
THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN CONFRONTS DE MONTFORT.
NOTE.
From "Smith's History of Old Yorkshire" we learn that one Arthur Claphamin the year 1066 was possessed of several hides of land near Lambeth inSurrey, and also of the domain of Clapham in Yorkshire. But by opposingthe Conqueror he lost his lands in the South of England. He then fledinto the wilds of Craven in Yorkshire, and built a stronghold, on thebrow of Ingleboro', (the remains of which are still visible) and hefounded the village of Clapham in the valley beneath. In 1068, however,the said Arthur by marrying a daughter of Robert, Earl ofNorthumberland, was restored to the confidence and favour of William,and had lands granted to him in Lonsdale.
THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS
(_From the Monastic Chronicles of ----._)