In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This later edition uses one of the interior illustrations for the dust jacket. It maintains the diffe... View More

Robert Lawson has retold and illustrated in color this classic story of Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and his cat.

During the bubonic plague, Robin is challenged with overcoming the loss of use in his legs when he was supposed to be sent off to become a knight.

The Robin Hood legends as interpreted by a young Rosemary Sutcliff.

In fourteenth-century England, a young serf acheives his dream of becoming a King's painter.

A collection of historical fiction.

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A tale of King Alfred, the Dragon of Wessex, in which a young scribe safeguards a Psalter through a Viking invasion.

Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again.

Tenth-century Viking twins are shipwrecked on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father.

A series of short stories based on events in English history.

Harald Sigurdson joins Prince Arkil of Denmark and journeys to Ireland, Spain, and Constantinople, and then across Europe back home again.

The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick.

Like most of their companions who survived the journey, Geoffrey de Villacours and his sister Alys are sold into slavery in Egypt.

In ninth century England, Binna studies to become a healer and must contend with the evil legacy of the the sword of Ganelon, the betrayer of Roland.

David Onny and his friends serve as bombardiers under the Black Prince.

Like most of their companions who survived the journey, Geoffrey de Villacours and his sister Alys are sold into slavery in Egypt.

A tale of knights and squires during the reign of Edward III of England.

French marauders steal the church bells from Rye. John Finch and his friend Mark Cundy are determined to bring them back again.

Here are presented some of the most famous adventures of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha.

A selection of Chaucer’s tales for children, in modern English.

The great French romance, here in a verse translation.

England under King John was in a state of rebellion. The King's tyrannical ways had offended the Church, the Barons, and the powerful city merchants, and everyone was seething with anger and discontent. Their only hope lay in finding a way to limit t... View More

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,London Bridge is falling down, My fair Lady! Read online at archive.org.... View More

A remarkable compendium of information on chivalry, this is Pauline Baynes’ magnum opus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

This is a shortened version of the famous novel of Exmoor and the Monmouth Rebellion and the cursed family of the Doones, and poor Lorna caught up in it all. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest.

An unfortunate example of the tendentious Enlightenment myth of the Middle Ages as a time of ignorance verging on insanity. Saint Augustine was well aware that the world was round. Not recommended.

This edition of The Reluctant Dragon includes a color illustration on the dust jacket. The story originally appeared in Kenneth Grahame’s Dream Days.

The denizens of the Cathedral, both of flesh and stone, rally around when a baby is left in their care.

The classic tale of how Switzerland won its freedom from Austria. Pictures by Dadd, verse by Houghton and narrative by Wodehouse.