Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Series: The Our Island Story Series
Narrator: David Thorn
Unabridged: 2 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 01/01/2005
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - History - Europe
Volume One of a five part series telling The Story of Great Britain from its earliest beginnings to World War I. Our Island Story, originally published in 1905 and later updated, details the history of Britain up to World War I (including some myths and legends associated with British history). Author H. E. Marshall based the book on her answers to her children's questions about the history of their "home island" (Great Britain). Early History of Great Britain1. The Stories of Albion and Brutus2. The Coming of the Romans3. The Romans Come Again4. How Caligula Conquered Britain, and how Caractacus Refused to be Conquered5. The Story of a Warrior Queen6. The Last of the Romans7. The Story of St. Alban8. Vortigern and King Constans9. The Story of the Coming of Hengist and Horsa10. Hengist's Treachery11. The Story of How The Giant's Dancer was Brought to Britain12. The Coming of Arthur13. The Founding of the Round Table14. The Story of Gregory and the Pretty Children15. How King Alfred Learned to Read16. Kind Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage17. More About Alfred the Great18. Ethelred the Unready19. How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown20. Canute and the Waves21. Edward the Confessor
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