earl
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The earl of Arundel’s tomb expresses the grim realities beneath the era’s facade of chivalry: Above, he is depicted resplendent in full armor; below, as a gaunt cadaver.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
They include the alabaster monument to John, seventh earl of Arundel, a high-profile casualty of the Hundred Years’ War with France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The earl is shocked to discover that the family would have neighbors and that he’d have to “go along” the hallway to bed rather than ascend the stairs as he would in a grand home.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
The earl spoke to his friends and contemporaries, who he says had "locked" their memories away and found solace in sharing their stories with him.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024
By the time we reached the soup course, I was calling the earl “sweet Edmund” in my thoughts and smiling at him after every spoonful.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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