From the How They Lived series - easy-to-read books in which historical
settings are vividly described and drawn for young readers. Eight or
nine hundred years ago, a king's power could depend on the loyalty of
his lords and knights. How did he try to bind them to be faithful? What
promises did a new knight make? Why did some knights become crusaders?
This book describes, in a simple and approachable style, a little of
life in a medieval castle, where a young squire and his sister go
hunting with their lord, watch a great feast and enjoy a tournament, the
girl looking forward to the day when her brother too will be a gallant
knight, and when she will be a lady about whom the minstrels sing.