LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Feargus stepped to the side of Edwy and drew his sword, shouting, “I am your captain: stand back, Mercians!”[Frontispiece]
So Feargus put his hands between the hands of Penda and became his manFacing page[4]
Feargus thrust his body through the opening and held Torfrida in his arms and kissed her and she him[44]
“Now,” said Penda, “cometh death, and I shall die in the best company that ever I was in”[72]
Feargus wrenched the sword from Osbert’s hand and struck him to the earth[116]
The feet of Feargus sank deep in the snow at every step and made him weary, but he fared on[170]
Then Feargus thought that Torfrida was like to die, for she fainted, and lay for long as one in death[178]
Torfrida drew forth a burning faggot and then stepped to the windows and set the hangings alight[190]