The first edition of this book is dated 1884. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Macmillan & Co., Ltd, London. The number of pages is 348.

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General information

This is a story about two young orphans from Hampshire, who travel to London in search of relatives. On the way they rescue a prominent City of London figure after he has been attacked by highwaymen, and in this way they become attached to his household in the City. The date is the early years of Henry the Eighth, when the religious world of England is simmering not only with the new views on religion, but also with the problems of the King and his Divorces. We meet great figures like Dean Colet, famous even to this very day for his charitable foundations, Thomas More, and other great figures of the pre-Reformation years.

It is a very lively story that rings true at every turn, and is worth while reading for those who would like a further understanding of the late Tudor Court, and the customs in the City, prevailing at the time of the Reformation.

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Contents

Chapter I.
The Verdurer’s Lodge.

Chapter II.
The Grange of Silkstede.

Chapter III.
Kinsmen and Strangers.

Chapter IV.
A Hero’s Fall.

Chapter V.
The Dragon Court.

Chapter VI.
A Sunday in the City.

Chapter VII.
York House.

Chapter VIII.
Quipsome Hal.

Chapter IX.
Arms Spiritual and Temporal.

Chapter X.
Two Vocations.

Chapter XI.
Ay Di Me Grenada.

Chapter XII.
A King in a Quagmire.

Chapter XIII.
A London Holiday.

Chapter XIV.
The Knight of the Badger.

Chapter XV.
Heave Half a Brick at him.

Chapter XVI.
May Eve.

Chapter XVII.
Ill May Day.

Chapter XVIII.
Pardon.

Chapter XIX.
At The Antelope.

Chapter XX.
Cloth of Gold on the Seamy Side.

Chapter XXI.
Sword or Smithy.

Chapter XXII.
An Invasion.

Chapter XXIII.
Unwelcome Preferment.

Chapter XXIV.
The Soldier.

Chapter XXV.
Old Haunts.

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