Twelve Bright Trumpets by Margaret Leighton

"I think that it might help you to understand the progress of history if you will think of it as a stream or river. It changes constantly; it is fed from many sources; there are rapids and eddies, great destructive floods and long, calm stretches. It is always moving, but always it is the same river from its beginning to its end." Margaret Leighton

Here are twelve stories of children set in the midst of the events that shaped the history of Europe; twelve views into the lives of people who influenced the major turning points in the middle ages; and twelve tales to delight and inspire.