"A personification of divine forgiveness."Jill P. May "From American history books to Pirates of the Caribbean, the work of Howard Pyle continues to captivate us..."Big Think "...it has a significant, universal theme, and it presents the details of daily life in Germany of the thirteenth century accurately and unobtrusively, making the period real and alive."Malcolm Usrey "He is as careful and painstaking and artistic with his childrens books as the very best novelist are with their novels...But best of them all is Pyles Otto of the Silver Hand. It is a story of German chivalry in the days of the robber barons."Willa Cather Otto of the Silver Hand (1888), Howard Pyles first novel for children, is a grim yet empowering narrative of medieval Germany, following the adventures of a young hero caught between the power struggles of two families. With its gripping battle scenes, romance, and villainous warlords, this is a reading experience that continues to thrill over one hundred years after its initial publication. Otto, a gentle boy born to a noble germanic family in the middle ages, has been raised in the compassionate seclusion of a monastery to protect him from the violent rivalries of his family. When the boy turns twelve years old he is retrieved back to Drachenhausen, his ancestral castle to begin his training in knighthood. Soon Otto discovers that his father, the Baron Conrad, a brutal robber baron, is in the midst of a savage vendetta with his the family of his...

Binding: Paperback;82 pages; Publisher: Mint Editions; Classification: YFA; Weight: 222 g; Dimensions: 203 x 128 x 7

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