H. Rider Haggard Illustrator
H. Rider Haggard Illustrator · English
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H. Rider Haggard Illustrator · English
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CHAPTER I. HOW PETER MET THE SPANIARD. It was a spring afternoon in the sixth year of the reign of King Henry VII. of England. There had been a great show in London, for that day his Grace opened the newly convened Parliament, and announced to his faithful people—who received the news with much cheering, since war is ever popular at first—his intention of invading France, and of leading the English armies in person. In Parliament itself, it is true, the general enthusiasm was somewhat
H. Rider Haggard Illustrator
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