Richard I: Makers of History

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by Harper & Brothers , in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Copyright, 1885, by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott , Austin Abbott , Lyman Abbott , and Edward Abbott . PREFACE. The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment, or any deviations from the strict truth so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical accounts, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it. CONTENTS. Page I. KING RICHARD'S MOTHER 13 II. RICHARD'S EARLY LIFE 35 III. FAIR ROSAMOND 52 IV. ACCESSION OF RICHARD TO THE THRONE 66 V. THE CORONATION 79 VI. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CRUSADE 89 VII. THE EMBARKATION 101 VIII. KING RICHARD AT MESSINA 117 IX. BERENGARIA 143 X. THE CAMPAIGN IN CYPRUS 160 XI. VOYAGE TO ACRE 185 XII. THE ARRIVAL AT ACRE 196 XIII. DIFFICULTIES 204 XIV. THE FALL OF ACRE 211 XV. PROGRESS OF THE CRUSADE 229 XVI. REVERSES 249 XVII. THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS 267 XVIII. THE BATTLE OF JAFFA 283 XIX. THE TRUCE 297 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…