History of King Richard the First of England (Illustrated)

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy (as Richard IV), Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was known as Richard Cœur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.



Contents:
Chapter I. King Richard's Mother
Chapter II. Richard's Early Life
Chapter III. Fair Rosamond
Chapter IV. Accession of Richard to the Throne
Chapter V. The Coronation
Chapter VI. Preparations for the Crusade
Chapter VII. The Embarkation
Chapter VIII. King Richard at Messina
Chapter IX. Berengaria
Chapter X. The Campaign in Cyprus
Chapter XI. Voyage to Acre
Chapter XII. The Arrival at Acre
Chapter XIII. Difficulties
Chapter XIV. The Fall of Acre
Chapter XV. Progress of the Crusade
Chapter XVI. Reverses
Chapter XVII. The Old Man of the Mountains
Chapter XVIII. The Battle of Jaffa
Chapter XIX. The Truce
Chapter XX. The Departure from Palestine
Chapter XXI. Richard Made Captive
Chapter XXII. The Return to England

This book published in 1877 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.