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Page 118
Work , however , continued over the next six years , until 1173 when its completion is indicated by the recorded ... and the work was apparently completed in eight years — in significant contrast to the eight days alleged to have ...
Work , however , continued over the next six years , until 1173 when its completion is indicated by the recorded ... and the work was apparently completed in eight years — in significant contrast to the eight days alleged to have ...
Page 129
... not merely year by year but week by week , from its inception in October 1480 to its completion in December 1484 — or rather one should say to its end at that date , for the work , as we shall see , was never properly completed .
... not merely year by year but week by week , from its inception in October 1480 to its completion in December 1484 — or rather one should say to its end at that date , for the work , as we shall see , was never properly completed .
Page 131
... and when the work was beginning to approach completion , a tragedy befell Kirby Muxloe , dramatically reflected even ... Hastings it was not on the old scale again , and the great building was never completed on the original plan .
... and when the work was beginning to approach completion , a tragedy befell Kirby Muxloe , dramatically reflected even ... Hastings it was not on the old scale again , and the great building was never completed on the original plan .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Castles Volume 21 of Batsford paperbacks |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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