The Red True Story Book

Abstract

Contains 30 true stories, mainly drawn from European history. Includes the life of Joan of Arc and the Jacobite uprising of 1745. Namely you will find the following: "Wilson's Last Fight" "The Life and Death of Joan the Maid" "How the Bass was held for King James" "The Crowning of Ines de Castro" "The Story of Orthon" "How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom" "Monsieur de Bayard's Duel" "Story of Gudbrand of the Dales" "Sir Richard Grenville" "The Story of Molly Pitcher" "The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer" "Marbot's March" "Eylau. The Mare Lisette" "How Marbot crossed the Danube" "The Piteous Death of Gaston, Son of the Count of Foix" "Rolf Stake" "The Wreck of the 'Wager'" "Peter Williamson" "A Wonderful Voyage" "The Pitcairn Islanders" "A Relation of three years' Suffering of Robert Everard upon the Island of Assada, near Madagascar, in a voyage to India, in the year 1686" "The Fight at Svolder Island" "The Death of Hacon the Good" "Prince Charlie's War" "The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition" "The Story of Emund" "The Man in White" "The Adventures of 'The Bull of Earlstoun" "The Story of Grisell Baillie's Sheep's Head" "The Conquest of Peru"