XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM PALESTINE 305 XXI. RICHARD MADE CAPTIVE 312 XXII. THE RETURN TO ENGLAND 324 ENGRAVINGS. Page MAP 14 PREACHING THE CRUSADES 19 PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY II. 49 VIEW OF WOODSTOCK 55 FINAL BURIAL OF ROSAMOND 64 PORTRAIT OF RICHARD I. 90 RICHARD PURSUING HIS JOURNEY 113 THE BATTERING-RAM 137 THE BALLISTA 139 THE CATAPULTA 140 THE LETTER 152 ROUTE OF RICHARD'S FLEET 164 KING RICHARD'S SEAL 167 RAMPARTS OF ACRE 189 THE ASSAULT 207 THROWING SHELLS 231 SALADIN'S PRESENT 294 CASTLE AND TOWN OF TIERNSTEIGN 321 KING RICHARD I. CHAPTER I. KING RICHARD'S MOTHER. 1137-1154 Richard the Crusader.--A quarrelsome king.--Richard's kingdom.--Union of England and Normandy.--England was a possession of Normandy.--Eleanora of Aquitaine.--The contemporaries of Eleanora.--Royal match-making.--The conditions of the marriage.--Apparent prosperity of leanora.--Eleanora's accomplishments.--The Crusades.--A monk preaching the Crusades.--The reasons why Louis and Eleanora undertook a crusade.--Amazons.--The power of ridicule.--The plans and purposes of the female Crusaders.--Antioch.--Meeting the Saracens.--Choosing an encampment.--The result of the queen's generalship.--A quarrel.--The queen at Jerusalem.--A divorce proposed.--The failure of the crusade.--Returning to France.--The queen's new lover.--A divorce again proposed.--The motives of Henry.--Controversy among historians.--The real motives in the divorce.--A violent courtship and a narrow escape.--Geoffrey's designs upon Eleanora.--Customs of old times.--Eleanora eluded Geoffrey.--She is married to Henry.--Henry's expedition to England.--His final coronation.--Eleanora Queen of England.