The Pageant of British History
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Title: The Pageant of British History
Date of first publication: 1908
Author: Sir (James) Edward Parrott (1863-1921)
Date first posted: Sep. 11, 2018
Date last updated: Sep. 11, 2018
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“History is a pageant,
and not a philosophy.”
Edward Parrott
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THE PHŒNICIANS.
THE ANCIENT BRITONS.
THE COMING OF CÆSAR.
CARACTACUS.
A WARRIOR QUEEN.
THE IRON HAND.
KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE.
ETHELBERT AND BERTHA.
THE SINGER OF THE FIRST ENGLISH SONG.
THE COMING OF THE SEA-KINGS.
KING CANUTE.
HAROLD OF ENGLAND AND WILLIAM OF NORMANDY.
THE EVE OF THE INVASION.
THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS.
WILLIAM THE RED.
MATILDA, “LADY” OF ENGLAND.
THE GREAT ARCHBISHOP.
STRONGBOW.
RICHARD OF THE LION HEART.
KING JOHN AND MAGNA CHARTA.
THE FIRST PRINCE OF WALES.
WILLIAM WALLACE.
ROBERT THE BRUCE.
THE MERCIFUL QUEEN.
THE BLACK PRINCE.
KING HARRY THE FIFTH.
JOAN, THE MAID.
THE KING-MAKER.
THE LITTLE PRINCES IN THE TOWER.
JOHN AND SEBASTIAN CABOT.
KING AND CARDINAL.
THE NEW WORSHIP.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
THE SPANISH ARMADA.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
CHARLES THE FIRST.
OLIVER CROMWELL.
ROBERT BLAKE.
THE RESTORATION OF CHARLES THE SECOND.
JAMES, DUKE OF MONMOUTH.
WILLIAM THE THIRD.
THE GREAT DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
ROBERT CLIVE, THE DARING IN WAR.
JAMES WOLFE, CONQUEROR OF CANADA.
SIXTY YEARS AFTER.