The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time

The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's TimeDuring the seventeenth century Swaffham Manor House was one of...
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Author: Barr, Amelia E.,1831-1919
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The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time

The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time

€6,26

The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time

€6,26
Author: Barr, Amelia E.,1831-1919
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time

During the seventeenth century Swaffham Manor House was one of the most picturesque dwellings in Cambridgeshire. It was so old that it had a sort of personality. It was Swaffham. For as the Yorkshireman, in speaking of his beloved rivers, disdains the article "the" and calls them with proud familiarity, Aire, Ure, Ribble, so to the men of the country between Huntingdon and Cambridge, this ancient dwelling was never the Manor House; it was the synonym of its builders, and was called by their nameSwaffham. For it was the history of the Swaffham family in stone and timber, and no one could enter its large, low rooms without feeling saturated and informed with the spiritual and physical aura of the men and women who had for centuries lived and died under its roof. The central towerbuilt of the white stone of the neighbourhood-was the fortress which Tonbert Swaffham erected A.D. 870, to defend his lands from an invasion of the Danes; and five generations of Tonbert's descendants dwelt in that tower, before William of Normandy took possession of the crown of England. The Swaffham of that date became a friend of the Conqueror; the Manor was enriched by his gifts; and the Manor Houseenlarged and beautified by various holdershad the singular fortune to be identified with the stirring events of every dynasty. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50978
Author: Barr, Amelia E.
Release Date: Jan 19, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Zeigler, Lee Woodward, 1868-1952

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