A King's Comrade
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with basic English reading ability who want to try English historical fiction
- Readers who enjoy adventure and historical subjects and read for leisure
- English learners who want to improve vocabulary and language sense through original English texts
- Readers interested in collecting free public-domain English ebooks
Not a good fit for
- Readers with weak English who need Chinese support to finish a novel
- Historians expecting rigorous historical research and scholarly annotation
- Readers who prefer contemporary fast-paced narrative and have little patience for old-fashioned prose
Reading tips
- Read for a day or two first to get a feel for the narrative pace; don't try to look up every historical term at the start.
- Jot down names of people and places as you go, then look up the relevant historical background after finishing.
- Read one or two chapters at a fixed time each day to keep your English reading continuous; this works better than forcing through it all at once.
- Use audiobooks or dictionary tools alongside the text to reduce the pauses caused by unfamiliar words.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
FAQ
What English level is this book suitable for?
Do I need to know the historical background in advance?
What is the reading experience of the Gutenberg edition's formatting like?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Charles Watts Whistler (1856–1913) was an English physician, Church of England clergyman, and historical novelist. He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and trained in medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, London, qualifying as MRCS and LSA. Ordained in 1885, he served in several parishes. His historical novels draw on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Norse sagas, and are usually set between 600 and 1100, with attention to historical atmosphere and the circumstances of his characters. His works include A Thane of Wessex and Wulfric the Weapon Thane. Eight of his books are held in this collection. Public information about his life and literary influence is limited; existing accounts focus on his clerical career, medical training, and the themes of these historical novels.
