Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 156
was im-parted to Elfrida, who, as one legend tells, came tomeet him on her threshold. And as he sat on horse-back to drink the cup of welcome preferred in El-fridas name, one of her servants, at her bidding,thrust a knife into his body. Such is the stoiy ofa step-mothers barbarity which lies behind… … No Worse Deed Was Ever Done * 111 With such an evil deed staining the first pages ofits history, there is a sombre appropriateness in thefact that the annals of Corfe Castle enshrine thememory of many tragedies. Of course it must beremembered that the present ruins do not date backto the murder of…
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