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Twelve Bright Trumpets - by Margaret Leighton (Paperback)

Twelve Bright Trumpets - by  Margaret Leighton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Twelve short stories of the important events in Medieval history told through the eyes of young people who lived in those times: </p><p><strong>The End and the Beginning</strong> <em>(About 400 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>The boy, Gains, is awakened in the middle of the night when his village in Roman Britain is attacked by Northern pirates.</em></p><p><strong>A Blackbird Sings</strong> <em>(About 800 A.D)</em></p><p><em>The monastery where the peasant boy Remy is going to school receives a visit from the Emperor Charlemagne.</em></p><p><strong>The People Remembered </strong><em>(About 870 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Just after the Danish invasion of Britain has been stopped by King Alfred, Cedric, a young Saxon, meets the brave king.</em></p><p><strong>Hail, Normansland!</strong> <em>(About 900 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Astrid, in Norway, awaits the return of her father who, with other Vikings, has been attacking the northern coast of France.</em></p><p><strong>The Conqueror</strong> <em>(About 1075 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Edith, a Saxon girl, and Alix, a Norman girl, become friends when they are both attending a convent school in Normandy in the time of William the Conqueror.</em></p><p><strong>The Great Journey</strong> <em>(1095-1099 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Denis, a young squire, accompanies his master on the First Crusade and is rewarded for his part in the taking of Jerusalem.</em></p><p><strong>Twelve Bright Trumpets</strong> <em>(About 1150 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>At the death of her mother and father, Rohais is left alone to protect the castle until her brother returns from the Crusades.</em></p><p><strong>Echo Over Runnymede</strong> <em>(1215 A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Geoffrey, page to an earl who objects to King John's tyranny, is present at the signing of the Magna Carta.</em></p><p><strong>Town Air is Free Air</strong> <em>(13th Century A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Jacques, a young serf, runs away from the feudal manorvillage to escape the terrible anger of the baron's game warden.</em></p><p><strong>Marco and the Marble Hand</strong> <em>(14th Century A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Caught by the reawakened enthusiasm for art in Florence, Marco, an Italian peasant boy, finds something to show the artist, Master Antonio.</em></p><p><strong>A Noble Magic</strong> <em>(14th Century A.D.)</em></p><p><em>Karl, a copyist's apprentice who is tired of copying books by hand, finds at the establishment of Master Gutenberg a noble magic.</em></p><p><strong>Queen of the Sea</strong> <em>(About 1500 A.D)</em></p><p><em>Camilla, at home in Venice while her brother is on a voyage with Vasco da Gama, almost misses the great water festival.</em></p>

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