Men of Iron (Yesterday's Classics) (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

I didn't know that this book was as old as "the White Company", but they hang together in my mind. Miles Falworth seeks to recover his family's honour. And of course he does. The 1950's movie "Black Shield of Falworth" was about what you'd expect.

from Michael_Rose

I was 12 or 13 when I read this. I don't think I could properly appreciate it at the time, culturally speaking. It offers interesting insight into life at the time, through an act of historical fiction. What I noticed most about the book, at the time, was the author's writing style. He could writ...

from JackMassa

Enjoyable YA adventure, set at the height of the age of chivalry, but written with the stong moral force (and occasional moralizing) of the Victorian era.

from HarryMacDonald

If Howard Pyle were a corporation, he could have declared some extra dividends simply on the basis of my perfervid consumption of any of his works which I could find "yesterday, when I was young". This rousing tale of young Mile's Falworth's quest for knighthood and his rightful place in society ...

from momma2

Blake said this book was better than Robin Hood because in addition to all the action there were also "girls". I had to laugh as he explained that there was even a secret rendezvous and that the hero got "busted". Ah well, what is a story about knights without a damsel or two, right?