How England became Christian -- The wooing of Elfrida -- King Alfred and the Danes -- The end of Saxon England -- Hereward the Wake -- Death of the Red King -- How the white ship sailed -- The captivity of Richard Cur de Lion -- A contest for a crown -- Robin Hood and the Knight of the Rueful Countenance -- Wallace, the hero of Scotland -- Bruce at Bannockburn -- The siege of Calais -- The Black Prince at Poitiers -- Wat Tyler and the men of Kent -- The White Rose of England -- The field of the cloth of gold -- The story of Arabella Stuart -- Love's knight-errant -- The taking of Pontefract Castle -- The adventures of a royal fugitive -- Cromwell and the Parliament -- The relief of Londonderry -- The hunting of Braemar -- The flight of Prince Charles -- Trafalgar and the death of Nelson -- The massacre of an army