An Uncrowned King: A Romance of High Politics
An Uncrowned King: A Romance of High Politics by Sydney C. Grier is available here as the complete text, split into 1349 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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- Chapter I A Kingdom Going Begging
- Chapter II Fresh Woods and Pastures New
- Chapter III “If Thou Wert Kind as Thou Art Fair----”
- Chapter IV A Candid Friendship
- Chapter V A Call of Duty
- Chapter VI A Royal Progress
- Chapter VII Check
- Chapter VIII For His Good
- Chapter IX A Woman of Her Word
- Chapter X Reasons of State
- Chapter XI A Delicate Negotiation
- Chapter XII To Oblige a Lady
- Chapter XIII Punic Faith
- Chapter XIV Over the Border and Away
- Chapter XV Terms of Accommodation
- Chapter XVI Words from Dying Lips
- Chapter XVII Mine and Countermine
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX Pilgrims Perforce
- Chapter XX Taken by Surprise
- Chapter XXI A Revolt or a Revolution?
- Chapter XXII A King Without a Crown
- Chapter XXIII Under Which King?
- Chapter XXIV The King Has His Own
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