Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
"Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling is a fantasy book published in 1906 containing short stories set across different periods of English history. Two children living in Sussex encounter Puck, an ancient elf who magically summons figures from England's past to share their tales. From Roman centurions defending Hadrian's Wall to Norman knights after the Conquest, these narrators reveal fragments of history leading toward the signing of Magna Carta. Each story
is accompanied by a related poem, blending historical adventure with magical fantasy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 |
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| Title | Puck of Pook's Hill |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_of_Pook%27s_Hill |
| Contents | Puck's song -- Weland's sword -- A tree song -- Young men at the manor -- Sir Richard's song -- Harp song of the Dane women -- The knights of the joyous venture -- Thorkild's song -- Old men at Pevensey -- The runes on Weland's sword -- A centurion of the Thirtieth -- A Britsh-Roman song -- On the great wall -- A song to Mithras -- The winged hats -- A Pict song -- Hal o' the draft -- A smuggler's song -- The bee boy's song -- 'Dymchurch Flit' -- A three-part song -- Song of the fifth river -- The treasure and the law -- The children's song. |
| Credits | Produced by Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 90.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Space and time -- Fiction |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 557 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 637 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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