The story of a young captain, Charles Carey, in the army of the Duke of Marlborough, fighting the French in the 17th century and culminating in the Battle of Blenheim.

Captain of Dragoons

WELCH, Ronald

Children's Books

Puffin Books

As a result of his experiences on front line in France, a young British officer finds himself participating in the first tank warfare of World War I.

Tank commander

Oxford University Press

The Gauntlet

Suddenly transported back to the 14th century, Peter finds himself accepted as the son of a Norman lord. He learns how to ride and shoot a longbow, and summons up the courage to defend his castle when it is besieged. But one day he will have to return to his own time.

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

When Peter finds the gauntlet on a Welsh hillside, he becomes the latest link in an old legend. Suddenly transported back to the fourteenth century, to a world of castles, feasts, jousts, and battles, he is accepted by everyone as the eldest son of Sir Roger de Blois. Peter learns how to live as the son of a Norman lord, how to hawk, and fight, and shoot a longbow, and, finally he has to escape alone from their besieged castle to bring help. But one day he will have to return to his own time ...

Teen & Young Adult

Oxford Univ. Pr.

for the king [ oxford children's library series]

Escape from France (Oxford Children's Library)

captain of dragoons [ oxford children's library]

Seventeen-year-old Philip learns the skills of a knight in his father's castle in 12th-century Jerusalem. Bravely surviving Saracen attack, he joins Richard the Lionhearted in the Third Crusade before returning to England to claim his ancestral estate.

Knight crusader (New Oxford library)

Sun of York (New Oxford Library)

Roberts, Doreen

Philip d'Aubigny is a young knight in the kingdom of Outremer and can't wait to prove himself. His chance comes when he rides into battle to defend his home from attack by Saracen leader, Saladin and his army. But after a disastrous campaign, Philip is taken prisoner by the Turks and must work as a servant-and all the while he is plotting his escape. At last his opportunity arrives and Philip flees, joining Richard the Lionheart in his victorious Third Crusade before finally travelling to Britain to claim his family's estate. Only when he arrives, he finds he must once again go into battle . . . This exciting tale has captured the hearts and imaginations of young readers for many years and was the winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal. This edition features the original black and white illustrations throughout which perfectly evoke the atmosphere of the story.

Knight Crusader

OUP Oxford

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Captain of Dragoons

Tank commander

The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

for the king [ oxford children's library series]

Escape from France (Oxford Children's Library)

captain of dragoons [ oxford children's library]

Knight crusader (New Oxford library)

Sun of York (New Oxford Library)

Knight Crusader