The Little Duke

The Little Duke, by Charlotte M. Yonge
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Title: The Little Duke Richard the Fearless
Author: Charlotte M. Yonge
Release Date: June 20, 2008 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1905 Macmillan and Co. edition by Janet Haselow, Marian Taylor and David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE LITTLE DUKE
RICHARD THE FEARLESS
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE,” ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1905 All rights reserved R ICHARD C LAY AND SONS , LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY , SUFFOLK . Originally published elsewhere . Transferred in 1864. First Edition printed (S) for Macmillan and Co. November 1864 (Pott 8vo). Reprinted 1869, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1881 (Globe 8vo), 1883, 1885, 1886, 1889. New Edition 1891, (Crown 8vo), 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905.
CHAPTER I
On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on ...