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Books in the History - Medieval genre:

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889)

A savage satire of popular tales of chivalry marred by Twain’s stubborn atheism. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard

The Red Book of Heroes (1909)

Biographies of people who were truly in earnest. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): A. Wallis Mills

The Stream of History (1928)

A history of the world, variously in one and four volumes.

Author(s): Geoffrey Parsons
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Story of Siegfried (1931)

A retelling of the Norse and German myths of the hero warrior Siegfried.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): James Baldwin
Illustrator(s): Peter Hurd

The Story of Peace and War (1952)

A history of war and peace for young readers.

Author(s): Thomas Franklin Galt
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

China’s Courts and Concubines: Some People in Chinese History (1956)

A collection of Chinese historical vignettes based on personages of the royal courts.

Author(s): Bernard Llewellyn
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Elizabeth (1961)

This is the story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Rudolf Michael Sachs

Cities of Gold and Isles of Spice (1965)

The people of Europe were eager to buy spices from the island nations of the far east.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Joan of Arc (1965)

Author(s): Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Dictionary of Chivalry (1968)

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

Author(s): Grant Uden
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1968

Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)

The story of how the Dutch have built a country by pushing back the sea.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Observer’s Book of European Costume (1975)

A pocket guide to European costume over the last two thousand years.

Author(s): Geoffrey Squire
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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