[Transcriber's note: This production is based on http://www.archive.org/details/popularhistoryeng01guiz. Spoiler alert: If you expect to hear about Cinderella and Prince Charming living in Camelot, here are some of the most frequently used words in this book, ordered by number of occurrences. war, armies, enemies, soldiers, weapon, prison, attack, defence, conquer, battle, invade, fortifications, dead, suffer, anger, seize, kill, insurrection, threat, fight, traitor, surrender, fear, escape, pursue, opposition, strike, wound, condemn, blood, victor, quarrel, insurgent, punish, capture, rival, pirate, danger, crime, violence, destroy, arrest, trouble, archer, unhappy, murder, disorder, combat, reinforcement, pillage, dying, anxiety, exile, besiege, repulse, executed, captive, hostages, cruel, bitter, conspiracy, insult, revenge, humiliated, imprisoned, ruin, assassin, plunder, barbarian, rampart, jealous, confiscate, avenge, alarmed, usurpation, tyrannical, savage, malcontents, massacre, slaughter, despair, military, misfortunes, unfortunate, widow, detested, succumb, die, dagger, languished, assault, mercenaries, disaster, armor, booty, perjury, drown, repugnance, fatal, slave, armistice, robber, odious, greed, poison, incursion, false, foe, impeached, ambush, capricious, perfidious, scaffold, dungeon, decapitated.] [Image] Murder Of Thomas A-Becket. {1} A Popular History Of England From the Earliest Times _To The Reign Of Queen Victoria</i> M. Guizot Author of "The Popular History of France," etc. _Authorized Edition_ Illustrated Vol. I New York John W. Lovell Company 150 Worth Street, Corner Mission Place {2} {3} Volume One. Murder of Thomas A'Becket -- Frontispiece. Caractacus and his Wife before Claudius. -- 16 Augustine preaching to Ethelbert. -- 32 Alfred in the Herdsman's Hut -- 44 Canute by the Seashore -- 72 William the Conqueror reviewing his Troops. -- 98 Robert's Encounter with his Father -- 110 Azelin forbidding the burial of William the Conqueror -- 116 Death of William Rufus -- 122 Escape of the Empress Maud from Oxford. -- 144 Richard Removing the Archduke's Banner. -- 188 Richard's farewell to the Holy Land. -- 192 King John's Anger After Signing Magna Charta. -- 214 King Henry and his Barons -- 228 That is the Title by which I Hold my Lands. -- 242 Bruce warned by Gilbert de Clare -- 262 Robert Bruce Regretting His Battle-Axe. -- 274 The Battle of Sluys. -- 294 Van Arteveldt at his Door -- 298 Queen Philippa on her knees before the King. -- 314 King John Taken Prisoner by the Black Prince. -- 320 The Black Prince Serving the French King. -- 322 Death of Wat Tyler. -- 346 {4} {5} Table Of Contents.