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 202
rey to De Quincy, who, however, was in turn at-tacked by the siege train which had been so success-ful in reducing Eochester Castle. The defence wasstubborn, so stubborn that John himself came todirect the operations; but De Quincy held out fornearly two months, and then seems to have escapedsafely… … A Fortress of Magna Charta Days 145 France, who had been invited to displace John onthe English throne. This third attack does notappear to have been of long duration, and when thefortress was surrendered Louis ran up the flag ofFrance on its battlements with his own hands. Thatanomaly, however,…
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