Knights of the Great Bed
Author: Christopher Jealous
Publisher: Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers
Published: 2005-03-01
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781843861768
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Author: Christopher Jealous
Publisher: Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers
Published: 2005-03-01
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781843861768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Deborah MacGillivray
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780821780374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this enchanting follow-up to "A Restless Knight," two lovers in medieval Scotland are caught in a passionate struggle of hearts and homelands. Original.
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1472953169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ____________________ Spain, 1099 Cristina is a serving girl at the palace of Valencia, and she has a reputation for being cowardly. El Cid, King Alfonso's greatest knight, is a master of terror. Tomorrow he marches on the blood thirsty Berbers at the city gates, and Cristina must lead him into battle under very strange circumstances... can she find the courage to take the reins and save the day? An unusual tale, based on a real medieval knight, this story is full of Terry Deary's dark humour and dry wit. ____________________ 'Bubbling with wit, language play and robust dialogue....just the right mix of ingredients to trigger young readers' interest in all things historical.' Books For Keeps
Author: William James Stillman
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Published: 1860
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Justus Stewart
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2010-08-10
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1452058296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKing Kyle is a young King on the planet Nighta. After being sent to Earth and losing his memory by Larry, the evil dentist, King Kyle not only have to get his memory back, but also must make it back to Nighta and save his throne. Can King Kyle's new Earth friends help him out? All through the 'Kyle Oaks' trilogy, King Kyle, his brother and his Earth friends face many obstacles while protecting Nighta. In the 'Unkown Threat', they have to figure out how to defeat a powerful dragon. Who sent it? How can it not be killed? Where did it get all it's power from? Can they figure this all out before it is too late? In the 'Traitor on Nighta'; who would want to take over Nighta? Jordan, his own brother? Is he jealous of King Kyle? Is he even an Oaks? Who told him his family history? Is it Placido? He was once a great king and then imprisoned!! Who let him out, what does he know about the Golden Griffin? Maybe it is his Earth friends!! They are not Nightans. How can they trust an Earthling anyways? All the answers to these questions and more are right here in this trilogy!! Follow the adventure and enjoy 'Kyle Oaks' filled with magic, dragons, knights and kings.
Author: Thomas Asbridge
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0062262076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas Asbridge’s rousing narrative chronicles William’s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history. In William’s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian “golden age,” giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history—an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages. A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages. The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.
Author: Thomas Malory
Publisher: anboco
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 745
ISBN-13: 373641174X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe owe this our English Epic of Le Morte Darthur to Sir Thomas Malory, and to William Caxton the first English printer. Caxton's Preface shows (what indeed would have been certain from his appeal to the 'Knights of England' at the end of 'The Order of Chivalry') that however strongly he, 'William Caxton, simple person,' may have been urged to undertake the work by 'divers gentlemen of this realm of England,' he was not less moved by his own love and reverence for 'the noble acts of chivalry,' and his deep sense of his duty and responsibility in printing what he believed would be for the instruction and profit of his readers, 'of whatever estate or degree.' But to Sir Thomas Malory he gives all the honour of having provided him with the copy which he printed. And ever since, for more than four hundred years, successive generations have approved the fitness of Caxton's choice. For it is Malory's book, and not the older forms of King Arthur's story which we still read for enjoyment, and for the illustration of which scholars edit those earlier books. Only a true poem, the offspring of genius, could have so held, and be still holding its ground, age after age. It may be said that it is chiefly with boys, and with men who have formed the taste by their boyish reading, that the book is so popular. But is not this so with the Iliad too? Men of mature intellect and taste read and re-read the Iliad with ever new discoveries, appreciation, and enjoyment; but it may be questioned whether there are many, or even any, of them who did not begin those studies at school, and learn to love Homer before they knew that he was worthy of their love. And they who have given most of such reading, in youth and in manhood, to Malory's Morte Darthur will be the most able and ready to recognise its claim to the character of an Epic poem.