The True Story Book Author:Andrew Lang Andrew Lang's famous colored Fairy Books were in fact only part, rather less than half, of a larger series of storybooks for children. Among the undeservedly neglected books of the series is this collection of true stories. Here there are no fairies, no witches, no giants, but there are princes, and among them is the best, bravest, most gallant ... more »and daring prince in history. Joining him in this book are soldiers, sailors, pirates, adventurers and explorers. There are brave men fighting for king and country, daring escapes from prisons and dungeons, and ordinary men and women who did the right thing, even when it was dangerous.
Among the stories in this volume are the conquest of Mexico; the adventures of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland; the last stand of the Spartan three hundred at Thermopylae; the story of the wild boy Kaspar Hauser; the adventures of Miguel Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote; the worthy enterprise of John Foxe, an Englishman who rescued over two hundred Christian slaves from the Turks; and the saga of Lief the Lucky, the discoverer of America.
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