The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune

Name: The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune
Author: A. D. Crake

by A. D. Crake

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THE RIVAL HEIRS:
PREFACE. CHAPTER I. THE ANGLO-SAXON HALL. CHAPTER II. THE BLACK AND DARK NIGHT. CHAPTER III. THE WEDDING OF THE HAWK AND THE DOVE. CHAPTER IV. THE NORMAN PAGES. CHAPTER V. A FRAY IN THE GREENWOOD. CHAPTER VI. A REVELATION. CHAPTER VII. FRUSTRATED. CHAPTER VIII. VAE VICTIS. CHAPTER IX. A HUNT IN THE WOODS. CHAPTER X. EVEN THE TIGER LOVES ITS CUB. CHAPTER XI. ALIVE--OR DEAD? CHAPTER XII. THE ENIGMA SOLVED. CHAPTER XIII. "COALS OF FIRE." CHAPTER XIV. THE GUIDE. CHAPTER XV. RESTORED TO LIFE. CHAPTER XVI. RETRIBUTION. CHAPTER XVII. THE ENGLISH HEIR TAKES POSSESSION. CHAPTER XVIII. AT THE ABBEY OF ABINGDON. CHAPTER XIX. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CONQUEROR. CHAPTER XX. THE MESSENGER FROM THE CAMP OF REFUGE. CHAPTER XXI. TWO DOCUMENTS. CHAPTER XXII. THE CHAPTER HOUSE OF ABINGDON. CHAPTER XXIII. "GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY." CHAPTER XXIV. THE CASTLE OF OXFORD. CHAPTER XXV. IN THE FOREST OF LEBANON. CHAPTER XXVI. "QUANTUM MUTATUS AB ILLO HECTORE." CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRIENDS WHO ONCE WERE FOES. CHAPTER XXVIII. AESCENDUNE ONCE MORE.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE ANGLO-SAXON HALL.
CHAPTER II. THE BLACK AND DARK NIGHT.
CHAPTER III. THE WEDDING OF THE HAWK AND THE DOVE.
CHAPTER IV. THE NORMAN PAGES.
CHAPTER V. A FRAY IN THE GREENWOOD.
CHAPTER VI. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER VII. FRUSTRATED.
CHAPTER VIII. VAE VICTIS.
CHAPTER IX. A HUNT IN THE WOODS.
CHAPTER X. EVEN THE TIGER LOVES ITS CUB.
CHAPTER XI. ALIVE--OR DEAD?
CHAPTER XII. THE ENIGMA SOLVED.
CHAPTER XIII. "COALS OF FIRE {xii}."
CHAPTER XIV. THE GUIDE.
CHAPTER XV. RESTORED TO LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. RETRIBUTION.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ENGLISH HEIR TAKES POSSESSION.
CHAPTER XVIII. AT THE ABBEY OF ABINGDON.
CHAPTER XIX. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CONQUEROR.
CHAPTER XX. THE MESSENGER FROM THE CAMP OF REFUGE.
CHAPTER XXI. TWO DOCUMENTS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE CHAPTER HOUSE OF ABINGDON.
CHAPTER XXIII. "GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY."
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CASTLE OF OXFORD.
CHAPTER XXV. IN THE FOREST OF LEBANON.
CHAPTER XXVI. "QUANTUM MUTATUS AB ILLO HECTORE."
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRIENDS WHO ONCE WERE FOES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. AESCENDUNE ONCE MORE.

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