Simon Vance
1) Men of Iron
Damsels in distress? Gallant knights riding into battle? Medieval pageantry and pomp? Men of Iron, an extensively researched and meticulously detailed historical novel by Howard Pyle, has all of this and more. If you're looking for an escape hatch into the golden age of medieval triumphs and travails, this engaging read is sure to please.
"Pirates, Buccaneers, Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main, all live in present-day conceptions in great degree as drawn by the pen and pencil of Howard Pyle...It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great
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