The Red Book of Heroes

by Mrs. Lang

• [PREFACE] v
• [THE LADY-IN-CHIEF]1
• [PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES] 25
• [HANNIBAL] 43
• [THE APOSTLE OF THE LEPERS] 95
• [THE CONSTANT PRINCE] 109
• [THE MARQUIS OF MONTROSE] 135
• [A CHILD'S HERO] 169
• [CONSCIENCE OR KING] 222
• [THE LITTLE ABBESS] 246
• [GORDON] 281
• [THE CRIME OF THEODOSIUS] 334
• [PALISSY THE POTTER] 352

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

(Engraved and Printed by André & Sleigh, Ltd., Bushey.)

• [ 'Go back!' he said [See page 350]Frontispiece
• [ Fifteen thousand Romans fell that day] to face p. 74
• [ Father Damien went out and sat in a lonely place by the sea]106
• [ A great army of Irishmen have swooped down on the Atholl country] 150
• [ The place was swarming with rats]208
• [ She took all her nuns for a solemn walk]258
• [ They saw a man in uniform shining with gold flying towards them] 316
• [ A jar of water in the figure's right hand emptied itself on his head] 364

FULL-PAGE PLATES

• [Roger could hardly believe his eyes] to face p.6
• [She came forth with a golden circlet round her head]44
• [Hannibal was determined not to stir until the elephants were safely over]58
• [Under the eyes of the army the combat began ]68
• [In vain Guedelha implored him to wait till the fatal hour was past ]114
• [About thirty or forty of our honestest women did fall a railing on Mr. William Annan ]140
• ['You will soon have no caste left yourself' ]194
• [Often ... he had felt that a terrible death was very near]218
• [Sir Thomas sat silent]232
• ['What now, Mother Eve?' he answered ]240
• ['You are mistaking me for somebody else']248
• [The archers set a ladder against the wall, which the lady instantly threw down ]274
• [Gordon found time to attend to an old dying woman ]310
• [A shot ended his life ]330
• ['Do not delay an instant,' he cried, 'or it will be too late']338
• ['Let him die!' he said ]344
• [The bright-eyed lizards he especially loved ]354

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT

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• ['Tell me what you want to say, and I will say it']17
• [They sprang on the food like wolves ]28
• [He brushed down the walls without hindrance from anyone]41
• [All three were apt pupils ]51
• [The Gauls poured out of their camp shouting and screaming with delight]56
• [He found right in front of him a huge precipice ]64
• [The whole four thousand climbed the ridge ]77
• ['Let me release the Romans from their anxiety,' he said ]93
• [He found the Prince lying unconscious on the ground ]130
• [For two days they sought in vain for a road to take them to Caithness ]162
• [He managed to crawl over the floor ]179
• [The Captain obligingly did as he was asked ]183
• [Suddenly the table began to rock ]189
• [In another moment he would have been trampled under the feet of the Afghan cavalry ]191
• [Not one of their movements passed unnoticed by her ]201
• [A tired horseman rode into camp ]204
• [The young Aide-de-camp did not waste time in arguing ]213
• [Erasmus was astonished to notice More present Prince Henry with a roll ]228
• ['Go away! you have no business here.' ]253
• [She fell fainting to the ground]266
• [He told them stories from English history]303
• [He cleaned his gun while the men stood by and stared ]314
• [Fancy poor Madame Palissy's feelings ]359

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