Our Island Story

Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England. Marshall freely mixes folk tale with historical fact and in so doing paints a very vivid picture of the past in a style reminiscent of all that is finest in the children’s story telling tradition.This is the first section of that work and will carry you from the time when Tacitus first sang the praises of Britannica to his Roman readers up to the vicious and bloodthirsty confusion that is the War of the Roses (about 1500 years).

By : Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1867 - 1941)

000 - Introduction



001 - The Stories of Albion and Brutus



002 - The Coming of the Romans



003 - The Romans Come Again



004 - How Caligula Conquered Britain



005 - The Story of a Warrior Queen



006 - The Last of the Romans



007 - The Story of St. Alban



008 - Vortigern and King Constans



009 - The Coming of Hengist and Horsa



010 - Hengist's Treachery



011 - How the Giant's Dance was Brought to Britain



012 - The Coming of Arthur



013 - The Founding of the Round Table



014 - Gregory and the Pretty Children



015 - How King Alfred Learned to Read



016 - King Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage



017 - More About Alfred the Great



018 - Ethelred the Unready



019 - How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown



020 - Canute and the Waves



021 - Edward the Confessor



022 - Harold



023 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge



024 - The Battle of Hastings



025 - William the Conqueror



026 - Death of the King



027 - William the Red



028 - The Story of the White Ship



029 - The Story of King Stephan



030 - Gilbert and Rohesia



031 - Thomas a Becket



032 - Conquest of Ireland



033 - Richard Couer de Lion



034 - How Blondel Found the King



035 - Prince Arthur



036 - The Great Charter



037 - Hubert de Burgh



038 - Simon de Montfort



039 - The Story of the Poisoned Dagger



040 - The Little War of Chalons



041 - The First Prince of Wales



042 - The Hammer of the Scots



043 - Robert the Bruce and Bohun



044 - The Battle of Bannockburn



045 - The Battle of Sluys



046 - The Battle of Crecy



047 - The Siege of Calais



048 - The Battle of Poitiers



049 - Wat Tyler's Rebellion



050 - How King Richard II Lost his Throne



051 - The Battle of Shrewsbury



052 - How Prince Hal was Sent to Prison



053 - The Battle of Agincourt



054 - The Maid of Orleans



055 - The Red Rose and the White



056 - Queen Margaret and the Robbers



057 - The King-Maker



058 - Edward V - The King Who was Never Crowned



059 - The Two Little Princes in the Tower



060 - Henry VII - Story of the Make-Believe Prince



061 - Another Make-Believe Prince



062 - Henry VIII and The Field of the Cloth of Gold



063 - How the King Became the Defender of the Faith



064 - Henry VIII - The Story of the King's Six Wives



065 - The Story of a Boy King



066 - The Story of Lady Jane Grey



067 - How the Princess Elizabeth Became a Prisoner



068 - Mary I - How a Candle Was Lit in England



069 - How the Imprisoned Princess Became a Queen



070 - Elizabeth - The Story of a Most Unhappy Queen



071 - How England was Saved from the Spaniards



072 - Elizabeth - The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh



073 - The Queen's Favorite



074 - The Story of Guy Fawkes



075 - The Story of the Mayflower



076 - How a Woman Struck a Blow for Freedom



077 - How the King and the Parliament Quarrelled



078 - The Story of How the King was Brought to His Death



079 - The Adventures of a Prince



080 - The Commonwealth - The Lord Protector



081 - How Death Walked in the Streets of London



082 - The Story of How London was Burned



083 - The Fiery Cross



084 - The Story of King Monmouth



085 - The Story of the Seven Bishops



086 - William the Deliverer



087 - The Story of Brave Londonderry



088 - The Story of a Sad Day in a Highland Glen



089 - How the Union Jack was Made



090 - The Story of the Earl of Mar's Hunting Party



091 - The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie



092 - The Story of Flora MacDonald



093 - The Story of The Black Hole of Calcutta



094 - The Story of How Canada Was Won



095 - How America Was Lost



096 - A Story of a Spinning Wheel



097 - England Expects that Every Man will do his Duty



098 - George III - The Battle of Waterloo



099 - The First Gentleman in Europe



100 - Two Peaceful Victories



101 - The Girl Queen



102 - Victoria - When Bread was Dear



103 - Victoria - Peace



104 - Victoria - War



105 - The Land of Snow



106 - Victoria - The Siege of Delhi



107 - The Pipes at Lucknow



108 - Victoria - Under the Southern Cross



109 - From Cannibal to Christian



110 - Victoria - Boer and Briton



111 - List of Kings from Edward the Confessor

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