ENGRAVINGS.

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MAP—THE SITUATION OF NORMANDY[14]
WILLIAM AND ARLOTTE[40]
WILLIAM'S ESCAPE[77]
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY[102]
THE RESCUE[127]
HAROLD'S INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD[147]
WILLIAM RECEIVING TOSTIG'S TIDINGS[166]
MAP—NORMANDY[190]
THE NORWEGIANS AT SCARBOROUGH[218]
WILLIAM'S HORSE STEPPING ON THE EMBERS[281]

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

Chapter I.

Normandy.

A.D. 870-912

The Norman Conquest.
Claim of William to the throne.
The right of the strongest.