
The Last Abbot of Glastonbury: A Tale of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
by A. D. Crake
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Chapters (334)
- THE Last Abbot of Glastonbury, A TALE OF THE DAYS OF HENRY VIII.
- Prologue.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER I. ALL-HALLOW EVEN.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER II. RETROSPECT.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER III. THE SECRET CHAMBER.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IV. THE ARREST.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER V. THE ROAD-SIDE INN.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VI. THE TRIAL.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VII. GLASTONBURY TOR.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VIII. ON THE TRACK.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IX. IN THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY.
- FOOTNOTES
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I. THE OLD MANOR HOUSE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER II. AN EVENTFUL RAMBLE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER III. AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IV. EXETER GAOL.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER V. PUT TO THE QUESTION.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VI. AN UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VII. CASTLE REDFYRNE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VIII. LED FORTH TO DIE.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IX. BREATHING TIME.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWS DARKEN.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XI. AN ANCIENT INN.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XII. THE HAND OF GOD.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XIII. THE TRUST FULFILLED.
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XIV. SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUITUR.
- FOOTNOTES
- Epilogue.
- FOOTNOTES
- Notes.
- Note A, P. 2.—Antiquities of Glastonbury.
- Note B, P. 11.—Lad and Lass.
- Note C, P. 11.—Fetches.
- Note D, P. 25.—Coupled between two Foxhounds.
- Note E, P. 31.—The Parchments.
- Note F, P. 38.—The Last Celebration.
- Note G, P. 73.—Death of Abbott Whiting.
- Note H, P. 78.—English Farmers.
- Note I, P. 93.—The Abbey Church.
- Note J, P. 117.—The Gubbings.
- Note K, P. 135.—The Black Assize.
- Note L, P. 232.—Demolition of Abbeys.
- FOOTNOTES
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