The eye-witness : [being a series of descriptions and sketches in which it is attempted to reproduce certain incidents and periods in history, as from the testimony of a person present at each] / by Hilaire Belloc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

Series:

King's treasuries of literature ; 107.

The Kings treasuries of literature ; 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Physical Description:

255 pages, 1 unnumbered page : portrait ; 16 cm.

Manufacture:

1932.

Place of Publication:

London : J.M. Dent & Sons ; New York : E.P. Dutton and Co., 1924.

Contents:

Motive of this book

The two soldiers (Aug. 26, B.C.)

The Christian (179 A.D.)

The general officer (ca. 370 A.D.)

The pagans (ca. 420 A.D.)

The barbarians (ca. 700 A.D.)

Roncesvalles (778 A.D.)

The Danish boat (ca. 780 A.D.)

The Saxon school (summer of 1002)

The night after Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066)

Runnymede (June 15, 1215)

The armies before Lewes (May 13, 1264)

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Notes:

"First published in this edition 1924; reprinted ... 1928, 1932"--Verso of t.p. cf. Cahill, P. English first editions of Hilaire Belloc, 28.

(cont.) The Battle of Lewes (May 14, 1264) -- Cressy (Aug. 26, 1346) -- The end of Henry IV (Mar. 19, 1413) -- The Familiar (May 1588) -- The "Ark-Royall" (July 27, 1588) -- The apprentice (Jan. 30, 1649) -- The end of the Stuarts (Dec. 10, 1688) -- Saratoga (Oct. 6, 1777) -- Drouet's ride (June 21, 1791) --The guns at Valmy (Sept. 21, 1792) -- Mr. Barr's annoyance (Oct. 16, 1793) --Gornay (June 1794) -- Thermidor (July 1794) -- Napoleon in the Guardarrama (Dec. 22-23, 1808) -- The barricade (May 1871) -- The politician (Jan. 11, 1906).

OCLC:

184757420