Author: Henry Benjamin WheatleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The History of Sir Richard Whittington
Author: Henry Benjamin WheatleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The History of Sir Richard Whittington
Author: Chap-books and Folk-lore Tracts: The history of Sir Richard Whittington, by T. H
Author: George Laurence GommePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Whittington
Author: Alan ArmstrongPublisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307425304
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The power of reading is beautifully captured in this 2006 Newbery Honor-winning book. Bernie keeps a barn full of animals the rest of the world has no use for–two retired trotters, a rooster, some banty hens, and a Muscovy duck with clipped wings who calls herself The Lady. When the cat called Whittington shows up one day, it is to the Lady that he makes an appeal to secure a place in the barn. The Lady’s a little hesitant at first, but when the cat claims to be a master ratter, that clinches it. Bernie’ s orphaned grandkids, Abby and Ben, come to the barn every day to help feed the animals. Abby shares her worry that Ben can’t really read yet and that he refuses to go to Special Ed. Whittington and the Lady decide that Abby should give Ben reading lessons in the barn. It is a balm for Ben when, having toughed out the daily lesson, Whittington comes to tell, in tantalizing installments, the story handed down to him from his nameless forebearer, Dick Whittington’s cat–the legend of the lad born into poverty in rural England during the Black Death, who runs away to London to seek his fortune. This is an unforgettable tale about how learning to read saves one little boy. It is about the healing, transcendent power of storytelling and how, if you have loved ones surrounding you and good stories to tell, to listen to, and to read, you have just about everything of value in this world.
The Fortunate History and Adventures of Sir Richard Whittington ... Including the Insurrection of Wat Tyler & Jack Straw, Etc. [With Another Tale Entitled “The Slaves.”]
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Author: Sir Richard WHITTINGTONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A History of Whittington
Author: William Harold ChippindallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Jack the Ripper
Author: Richard Whittington-EganPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445617862
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The definitive work on Jack the Ripper and the various theories from the time of the murders to the present day
Sir Richard Whittington
Author: Sir Walter BesantThe history of Sir Richard Whittington, thrice lord mayor of London
Author: Great Tales from English History
Author: Robert LaceyPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759511616
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England -- from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman. The greatest historians are vivid storytellers, Robert Lacey reminds us, and in Great Tales from English History, he proves his place among them, illuminating in unforgettable detail the characters and events that shaped a nation. In this volume, Lacey limns the most important period in England's past, highlighting the spread of the English language, the rejection of both a religion and a traditional view of kingly authority, and an unstoppable movement toward intellectual and political freedom from 1387 to 1689. Opening with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and culminating in William and Mary's "Glorious Revolution," Lacey revisits some of the truly classic stories of English history: the Battle of Agincourt, where Henry V's skilled archers defeated a French army three times as large; the tragic tale of the two young princes locked in the Tower of London (and almost certainly murdered) by their usurping uncle, Richard III; Henry VIII's schismatic divorce, not just from his wife but from the authority of the Catholic Church; "Bloody Mary" and the burning of religious dissidents; Sir Francis Drake's dramatic, if questionable, part in the defeat of the Spanish Armada; and the terrible and transformative Great Fire of London, to name but a few. Here Anglophiles will find their favorite English kings and queens, villains and victims, authors and architects - from Richard II to Anne Boleyn, the Virgin Queen to Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys to Christopher Wren, and many more. Continuing the "eminently readable, highly enjoyable" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) history he began in volume I of Great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey has drawn on the most up-to-date research to present a taut and riveting narrative, breathing life into the most pivotal characters and exciting landmarks in England's history.