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The Caged Lion
The narrative intertwines fictional characters with real historical figures and events from the early 15th century, focusing on the unique relationship between King Henry V of England and James I of Scotland, who was held captive during his youth.
"The Caged Lion" by Charlotte M. Yonge is a historical novel that was. The narrative intertwines fictional characters with real historical figures and events from the early 15th century, focusing on the unique relationship between King Henry V of England and James I of Scotland, who was held captive during his youth.
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A master hand has so often described the glens and ravines of Scotland, that it seems vain and presumptuous to meddle with them; and yet we must ask our readers to figure to themselves a sharp cleft sloping downwards to a brawling mountain stream, the sides scattered with gray rocks of every imaginable size, interspersed here and there with heather, gorse, or furze. Just in the widest part of the valley, a sort of platform of rock jutted out from the hill-side, and afforded a station for one of those tall, narrow, grim-looking fastnesses that were the strength of Scotland, as well as her bane.
Either by nature or art, the rock had been scarped away on three sides, so that the walls of the castle rose sheer from the steep descent, except where the platform was connected with the mountain side by, as it were, an isthmus joining the peninsula to the main rock; and even this isthmus, a narrow ridge of rock just wide enough for the passage of a single horse, had been cut through, no doubt with great labour, and rendered impassable, except by the lowering of a drawbridge. Glenuskie Castle was thus nearly impregnable, so long as it was supplied with water, and for this all possible provision had been made, by guiding a stream into the court.
Contents
- 01Preface
- 02Chapter I: The Guest of Glenuskie
- 03Chapter II: The Rescue of Coldingham
- 04Chapter III: Hal
- 05Chapter IV: The Tidings of Beaugé
- 06Chapter V: Whittington S Feast
- 07Chapter VI: Malcolm’s Suit
- 08Chapter VII: The Siege of Meaux
- 09Chapter VIII: The Capture
- 10Chapter IX: The Dance of Death
- 11Chapter X: The Whitsuntide Festival
- 12Chapter XI: The Two Promises
- 13Chapter XII: The Last Pilgrimage
- 14Chapter XIII: The Ring and the Empty Throne
- 15Chapter XIV: The Troth Flight
- 16Chapter XV: The Trust
- 17Chapter XVI: The Cage Open
- 18Chapter XVII: The Begging Scholar
- 19Chapter XVIII: Clerk Davie
- 20Chapter XIX: The Lion’s Wrath
About this edition
- Author
- Charlotte M. Yonge
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 312 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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