Knight's Castle
core novel 1956 Tales of Magic
Record
| First published | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (5,584 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 198 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152020743 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Roger and Ann are sent, with their cousins Eliza and Jack, to spend the summer in Baltimore while their father undergoes an operation, and Roger brings along his father's old toy soldier, the last of a set of knights from a castle game. When the soldier comes to life at night, the children find themselves transported into the world of the castle, which turns out to be the England of Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, and the magic will only work if they help set right the story's wrongs. Among dolorous towers, greenwood trees and a giants' lair, the four cousins quest through Sir Walter Scott's romance with the cheerful irreverence of modern children, and Roger's secret wish for his father's recovery runs beneath the adventure. The first of a pair continued in The Time Garden.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tales of Magic
- Series: Tales of Magic core; position 2 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Edward Eager
Notes
- From the series record (Tales of Magic): Edward Eager's seven novels of magic breaking into the lives of ordinary American children, written in open homage to E. Nesbit: two linked pairs (Half Magic and Magic by the Lake; Knight's Castle and The Time Garden, whose children are the first pair's children and cousins), two about a possibly magic wishing well, and Seven-Day Magic, in which the children meet characters from the earlier books.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Tales of Magic: position 2 of 7: previous Half Magic (1954) · next Magic by the Lake (1957)
Sources
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