Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), endowed with an equipotent facility with sketch-pad and rhyming dictionary, created some of the most arresting sketches and drollest verses the world has yet seen.
In addition to the title piece, this book reprints -Ker and Plunk- (Plisch und Plum), -The Egghead and the Two Cut-ups of Corinth- (Diogenes and die bosen Buben von Korinth), -The Raven-robbin' Rascals- (Das Rabennest), -Deceitful Henry- (Der hinterlistige Heinrich), -The Boy and the Popgun- (Das Pusterrohr), -Ice-Peter- (Der Eispeter), -The Boy and the Pipe- (Krischan mit der Piepe), -Firm Faith-...

Myles Falworth was only eight years old the day a knight in black armor rode into the courtyard of his father's castle with murderous intent. Unexpectedly, it triggered a chain of events that forever changed Myles' life, culminating in an unjust accusation of treason that brought disgrace to the house of Falworth. The only hope of redeeming the family's reputation and fortunes rested on Myles' training for knighthood, so that he might challenge the king's champion and triumph in an ordeal by battle.
Set in fifteenth-century England, Men of Iron offers the finest historical fiction...