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Title: Instructive Stories From English History. Historical Reader No. 1.
Description: London, Education Supply Association Ltd, no date Hardcover, decorated blue cloth bds, Fair, some fading esp. to leading edges, scuffing to extrem.s, contents sound with some age-soiling/marking, b/w illustrations, pp144, ffep missing, 'Lindsey County Council' stamp to rear endpaper. Includes such as: King Harold; King Athelstan at Home; Alfred the Great; Alfred as a Peasant; Alfred as a Harper; Robin Hood; The Black Prince; Prince Hal; Children of Henry VIII; Princess Elizabeth in the Tower; The Gunpowder Plot; Plague and Fire of London; Teh Earl of Derwentwater; James Brindley; Nelson at School; Nelson as a Young Sailor; Nelson's Last Battle; Queen Victoria; Florence Nightingale; The Victoria Cross; The Princess Alice and many more.

Keywords: history historical stories The Holborn Series Historical Reader educational school Alfred the Great King Athelstan Canute King Harold William The Conqueror Robin Hood Duke of Normandy John Moore