There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Richard I.

Latest episodes of the podcast Richard I by Jacob Abbott

• 01 – King Richard’s Mother
• 02 – Richard’s Early Life
• 03 – Fair Rosamond
• 04 – Richard’s Accession to the throne
• 05 – The Coronation
• 06 – Preparations for the Crusade
• 07 – The Embarkation
• 08 – King Richard at Messina
• 09 – Berengaria
• 10 – The Campaign in Cyprus
• 11 – Voyage to Acre
• 12 – The Arrival At Acre;
• 13 – Difficulties
• 14 – The Fall of Acre
• 15 – Progress of the Crusade
• 16 – Reverses
• 17 – Old Man of the Mountains
• 18 – The Battle of Jaffa
• 19 – The Truce
• 20 – The Departure from Palestine
• 21 – Richard Made Captive
• 22 – The Return to England