THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS.

BY JOHN BOWLING

AUTHOR OF "BRAILSFORD: A TALE OF WEST RIDING LIFE," ETC.

LONDON:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO.

LEEDS: HENRY WALKER, BRIGGATE.

Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury

SAXON AND VIKING. "THE CURSE OF SKULD BE UPON THEE, TRAITOR!"

CONTENTS.

NOTE.
CHAPTER I. ETHEL
CHAPTER II. STORM CLOUDS
CHAPTER III. TRAITORS IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER IV. DEFEAT
CHAPTER V. DESPERATE RESOLVES
CHAPTER VI. BARON VIGNEAU
CHAPTER VII. ALICE DE MONTFORT
CHAPTER VIII. VILLAINS PLOTTING
CHAPTER IX. VILLAINS OUTWITTED
CHAPTER X. A FRUITLESS EMBASSY
CHAPTER XI. OSWALD'S DEFENCE OF HIS CASTLE
CHAPTER XII. ALICE DE MONTFORT SETS FREE THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN
CHAPTER XIII. BARON VIGNEAU BALKED OF HIS REVENGE
CHAPTER XIV. THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN CONFRONTS DE MONTFORT
CHAPTER XV. OUTLAWS AND WOLFSHEADS
CHAPTER XVI. SIGURD THE VIKING
CHAPTER XVII. EVIL COUNSELLORS
CHAPTER XVIII. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN HATE
CHAPTER XIX. ALICE DE MONTFORT AND THE SAXON CHIEFTAIN
CHAPTER XX. WAR'S VICISSITUDES
CHAPTER XXI. VIKING CHIEF AND SAXON MAIDEN
CHAPTER XXII. A VIKING'S LOVE
CHAPTER XXIII. A VILLAIN DEMANDS HIS WAGES
CHAPTER XXIV. THE TRYST
CHAPTER XXV. BADGER CRACKS THE NORMAN'S PATE
CHAPTER XXVI. SAXON AND VIKING AT THE SWORD'S POINT
CHAPTER XXVII. JEANNETTE AND WULFHERE; OR LOVE'S COMEDIES
CHAPTER XXVIII. A GRIM TEMPLE, A GRIM PRIEST, AND A SAD HEART
CHAPTER XXIX. EDGAR ATHELING
CHAPTER XXX. PRINCE AND PARASITE
CHAPTER XXXI. PRINCE AND VIKING
CHAPTER XXXII. BADGER ON THE ALERT
CHAPTER XXXIII. DOG ROBS DOG
CHAPTER XXXIV. WILD DARING OF SIGURD THE VIKING
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SAXON DEVIL AND THE WICKED ABBOT
CHAPTER XXXVI. LOVERS PLOTTING
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