The Short And Bloody History Of Knights

Generally regarded as a gentlemanly profession, after extensive research John Farman has discovered the terrible truth about the life of your average Knight. To start with there's the uniform. A suit of armour not only cost the earth in medieval times but it probably weighed more than a small planet when you put it on. Best not to mention the chain-mail underwear that was considered the height of fashion at the time. There was danger involved in everything a Knight was asked to do. Saving maidens was no mean feat (sometimes they didn't want to be saved!) and jousting might have made a nice day out for all those bored princesses and peasants but lances were pretty lethal, especially if you can't see where you're going in your visor. And I haven't even begun to tell you the real truth about dragons

Product details

• Authors: John Farman, Farman John
• Publisher: Red Fox
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.10.2012
• EAN: 9781849418331
• ISBN: 978-1-84941-833-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 8 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past