Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of AescenduneEdwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Æscendune:Reading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Æscendune:PREFACE.Chapter I · “THIS IS THE FOREST PRIMEVAL.”Chapter II · THE HOUSE OF ÆSCENDUNE.Chapter III · LEAVING HOME.Chapter IV · LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME.Chapter V · TEMPTATION.Chapter VI · LOWER AND LOWER.Chapter VII · “THE KING IS DEAD!—LONG LIVE THE KING!”Chapter VIII · THE CORONATION.Chapter IX · GLASTONBURY ABBEY.Chapter X · ELFRIC AND ALFRED.Chapter XI · THE FLIGHT OF DUNSTAN.Chapter XII · AT HIS WORST.Chapter XIII · THE RETURN OF ALFRED.Chapter XIV · EDWY AND ELGIVA.Chapter XV · THE ROYAL GUEST.Chapter XVI · NAKED THOUGH LOCKED IN STEEL.Chapter XVII · THE SLEEP OF PEACE.Chapter XVIII · THE BATTLE.Chapter XIX · EARTH TO EARTH, AND DUST TO DUST.Chapter XX · “AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT.”Chapter XXI · “UNDER WHICH KING?”Chapter XXII · LOVE STRONG AS DEATH.Chapter XXIII · “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.”Chapter XXIV · SOW THE WIND, AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND.Chapter XXV · “FOR EVER WITH THE LORD.”FootnotesBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACE.All chapters and sections (28)Other sectionsEdwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Æscendune:PREFACE.Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Other sectionsFootnotesA Tale of the Days of Saint Dunstan,by the Rev. A. D. Crake.PREFACE. →