King Penda's Captain
King Penda's Captain by Mac Kenzie Mac Bride is available here as the complete text, split into 343 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
King Penda's Captain: A Romance of Fighting in the Days of the Anglo-Saxons by Mac Kenzie Mac Bride. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #59406.
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King Penda's Captain
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
This edition of King Penda's Captain by Mac Kenzie Mac Bride carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #59406, divided into 28 chapters and 343 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #59406, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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