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World's Story Volume IX: England

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This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A messenger from Rome:

Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert:

Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V:

Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey:

Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

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World's Story Volume IX: England

Chapters

Chaucer at the court of Edward III, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting frontispiece

England Part I: Stories of the ancient Britons: Historical note

The building of Stonehenge, by G. F. Scott Elliot

King Leir and his daughters, a tradition of early Britain, by John Milton

The city in the lake, by G. F. Scott Elliot

The sacred grove, by Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter 1827-1901, painting p. 28

Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope

A messenger from Rome (43 A.D.), by William Shakespeare

Boadicea (62 A.D.), by William Cowper

How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott Elliot

The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, painting p. 58

England Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion: Historical note

Stories of King Arthur and his Court (sixth century)

The stolen boys (about 590), by Sir Clements R. Markham

How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundle Charles

The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 94

England Part III: The coming of the Sea-Rovers: Historical note

The fall of the monastery at Croyland (870), by Eva March Tappan

King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March Tappan

What the boy Alfred saw in London, by Eva March Tappan

King Alfred on Athelney (878), by Thomas Hughes

''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

The last Danish invasion (1066), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

England Part IV: The Norman conquest: Historical note

The battle of Hastings (1066), by Robert Wace

How the Doomsday Book was made (about 1086), by Edwin Lester Arnold

What the English thought of William the Conqueror (1066-1087), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The rescue of the Princess of Cornwall, by Charles Kingsley

England Part V: From William the Red to John Lackland: Historical note

The reign of the Red King (1087-1100), by Charles Dickens

The white ship (1120), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The escape of Maude from the Castle at Oxford (about 1140), by A. D. Crake

The castle-builders of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The struggle between the king and the archbishop (1162-1170), by John Lord

The story of John Lackland (1199-1216), by Eva March Tappan

England Part VI: Stories of the age of Richard the Lion-Hearted: Historical note

The tournament of Ashby-de-la-Zouche (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott

The archery contest (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott

A trial by single combat (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott

Robin Hood and Little John (latter part of twelfth century)

Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert (about 1200), by William Shakespeare

Friar Bacon's brazen head (thirteenth century), by Abby Sage Richardson

England Part VII: The later Plantagenet kings: Historical note

The battle of Evesham (1265), by G. P. R. James

In the days of Edward III (1272-1307), by Eva March Tappan

The first expedition of Edward III against the Scots (1328), by Sir John Froissart

Wiclif on trial, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 350

The revolt of the peasants (1381), by Augustin Thierry

The hunting of the Cheviot (1388)

The Mystery Plays, by Eva March Tappan

Country life in the days of the Plantagenets, by Eva March Tappan

England Part VIII: Lancaster and York: Historical note

The coronation of Henry IV (1399), by Sir John Froissart

Two scenes in the life of Henry V, by William Shakespeare

The ballad of Agincourt (1415), by Michael Drayton

Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 410

Queen Margaret and the robber (1463), by Agnes Strickland

When the king returned from Holland (1470), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The children of Edward IV, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 430

England Part IX: The Tudor kings: Historical note

The impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens

The funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII (1503), by Agnes Strickland

The field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), by Gustave Masson

Cardinal Wolsey going in procession, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 450

The fall of Cardinal Wolsey (1529), by William Shakespeare

The trial of Sir Thomas More (1535), by Anne Manning Rathbone

The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt)

England Part X: From Edward VI to the death of Mary: Historical note

The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainsworth

The coming of Philip II (1554), by William H. Prescott

England's reconciliation with Rome (1554), by James Anthony Froude

Cranmer at the Traitors' Gate, by Frederick Goodall, English artist 1822-1904, painting p. 500

England Part XI: In the days of Queen Elizabeth: Historical note

The great queen as a little child (1533-1539), by Agnes Strickland

Sir Walter Raleigh and his cloak (1575), by Sir Walter Scott

The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 518

When Elizabeth came to Kenilworth (1575), by Sir Walter Scott

The Armada (1588), by Thomas Babington Macaulay