{"product_id":"2940013659230","title":"WULF THE SAXON","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. A QUARREL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. COUNTRY LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. AT COURT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. A STORM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. ROUEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. RELEASE OF THE EARL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. THE OATH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. TROUBLE WITH WALES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX. IN THE WELSH VALLEYS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX. PORTHWYN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI. THE SECRET PASSAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII. EDITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. HAROLD, THE KING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV. WULF'S SUSPICIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV. A MEETING BY THE RIVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI. A VOYAGE NORTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII. AN ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. THE NORTHERN INVASION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX. STAMFORD BRIDGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX. THE LANDING OF THE FOE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI. HASTINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII. THE LORD OF BRAMBER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA QUARREL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great Abbey of Westminster was approaching its completion; an\u003cbr\u003earmy of masons and labourers swarmed like bees upon and around it,\u003cbr\u003eand although differing widely in its massive architecture, with\u003cbr\u003eround Saxon windows and arches, from the edifice that was two or\u003cbr\u003ethree generations later to be reared in its place,--to serve as a\u003cbr\u003estill more fitting tomb for the ashes of its pious founder,--it was\u003cbr\u003ea stately abbey, rivalling the most famous of the English fanes of\u003cbr\u003ethe period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his palace hard by King Edward had watched with the deepest\u003cbr\u003einterest the erection of the minster that was the dearest object\u003cbr\u003eof his life. The King was surrounded by Normans, the people among\u003cbr\u003ewhom he had lived until called from his retirement to ascend the\u003cbr\u003ethrone of England, and whom he loved far better than those over\u003cbr\u003ewhom he reigned. He himself still lived almost the life of a recluse.\u003cbr\u003eHe was sincerely anxious for the good of his people, but took small\u003cbr\u003epains to ensure it, his life being largely passed in religious\u003cbr\u003edevotions, and in watching over the rise of the abbey he had founded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA town had risen around minster and palace, and here the workmen\u003cbr\u003eemployed found their lodgings, while craftsmen of all descriptions\u003cbr\u003eadministered to the wants both of these and of the nobles of Edward's\u003cbr\u003ecourt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the side doors of the palace a page, some fifteen or\u003cbr\u003esixteen years of age, ran down the steps in haste. He was evidently\u003cbr\u003ea Saxon by his fair hair and fresh complexion, and any observer of\u003cbr\u003ethe time would have seen that he must, therefore, be in the employment\u003cbr\u003eof Earl Harold, the great minister, who had for many years virtually\u003cbr\u003eruled England in the name of its king.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083066523888,"sku":"2940013659230","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013659230_p0.jpg?v=1763584027","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013659230","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}