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By Beckles Willson

2020-11-16 17:32:17

Nearly four centuries ago, in the spring of the year, the banks of the river Thames from Windsor to Greenwich were lined with a multitude of gaily-dressed lieges. Artisans and their wives, tradesmen and apprentices, farmers in smock frocks, gentlemen ... Read more
Nearly four centuries ago, in the spring of the year, the banks of the river Thames from Windsor to Greenwich were lined with a multitude of gaily-dressed lieges. Artisans and their wives, tradesmen and apprentices, farmers in smock frocks, gentlemen in doublets and hose, and ladies in farthingales, all came out to snatch a peep of a brave spectacle. From lip to lip ran the news that at last the royal barge in its crimson and gold trappings had set out from Windsor. Bluff "King Hal," as the people affectionately termed their monarch, and his new queen, Anne Boleyn, were that day making their first voyage together down the Thames to the royal palace at Greenwich. Less

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PublisherPublic Domain Book
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ISBN978-1290085243
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Beckles Willson
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Henry Beckles Willson, known as Beckles Willson, (26 August 1869, Montreal – 1942) was a Canadian journalist, World War I veteran, historian, and prolific author. Born in Montreal, he was educate...

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