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...Belloc doubly underscores William's legitimate claim to the English throne, based on the intermarriage of the Houses of Normandy and England. It was as good a claim as any, except that it was obscured by William's bastardy. That had been no bar to his Norman succession. But William's strongest claim was the oath of Harold, obtained from the Englishman during his sojourn at the court of Normandy while Edward was still living. This is the traditional view of William's claim. Belloc emphasizes it by dilating upon the nature of the feudal oath. Harold had become William...
...unnecessary to assure the addicts of Belloc biographies that this one charges along with the same speed and color as the rest, with the same impatient snorts at contrary opinions. It is not up to the standards of "Wolsey" and "Richelieu" and "Robespierre" because it is a much shorter work, and forms part of a popular biographical series of somewhat less than scholarly pretensions. But the Belloc flavor is only limited, not essentially impaired...
...while, you know), there are four tomes that you should consider when buying something for father, or a favorite professor, and we might include also, just any ordinary man. We are talking about The Edwardian Era, by Andre Maurois (Appleton-Century, $3.00): Charles the First, by Hillaire Belloc (J. B. Lippincott, $4.00): Mary Queen of Scots, by Eric Linklater (Appleton-Century, $1.50); and An American Colossus, by Ralph Edward Bailey (Lathrop, Lee & Shepard, $3.00). In these four presentations we find a bit of history in the making told through the lives of four of the greats. Mr. Maurois is particularly...
When the world's largest ship, S. S. Majestic, nosed down Southampton Water last trip, she carried precious cargo. In the first cabin were Richard Bedford Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada', Novelist Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, Violin Prodigy Ruggiero Ricci, Rev. Cyril Argentine Alington, Headmaster of Eton College (see p. 38). In the hold were 311 boxes of gold -$15,000,000 worth-part of Britain's $95,550,000 War debt payment...
...OCTOBER-Sigurd Hoel-Coward-McCann ($2). Second-prizewinner in a recent Inter-Scandinavian Fiction Contest; much grimmer than Author Hoel's Sinners in Summertime. NAPOLEON-Hilaire Belloc-Lippincott ($4). For admirers of Belloc's indefatigable partisanries. LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS TO THE BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS-Button ($2.50). Hitherto unpublished letters of an aging novelist to a lady charitarian. A LONG TIME AGO-Margaret Kennedy-Doubleday, Doran ($2). Reviewed next week...