With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds

Before the world had superheroes, it had knights. This collection revives the legendary tales that shaped generations of dreamers, retelling the exploits of Roland at Roncevaux, the Cid riding into battle against impossible odds, Godfrey scaling the walls of Jerusalem, and Richard the Lionheart bearing crusader steel across distant shores. Frances Nimmo Greene writes with the romantic fervor of a storyteller passing fire to the next generation, transforming historical figures into the stuff of boys' own adventures while remaining faithful to the records that survive. The opening chapters trace Charlemagne's legendary circle, the friendship between Roland and Oliver forged in the shadow of the Pyrenees, and the early trials that would culminate in history's most famous rear-guard battle. These are tales of honor purchased at swordpoint, of vows kept against reason, of spurs won not through birth but deed. For young readers longing for a world where courage matters and traitors are known by their faces, this book offers something increasingly rare: stories that believe nobility is real and worth pursuing.