![]() All the glitter and romance is no invention. The best thing is that all of it really existed. And you have probably read books about knights and their squires who set out in search of adventure stories full of shining armour, plumed helmets and noble steeds, blazoned escutcheons and impregnable fortresses, jousting and tournaments where fair ladies give prizes to the victors, wandering minstrels, forsaken damsels and departures for the Holy Land. “I am sure you have heard of knights of old from the Age of Chivalry. Here is how the published version begins: Gombrich did, and responded that he could probably write something better himself and was invited to submit a chapter. Gombrich was best known as an art historian whose most well-known work is The Story of Art. In 1935, while unemployed, a publishing acquaintance asked him if he would look at a children’s history book with the idea of translating it into German. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summary: A history of the world, written for children, by a famous art historian and illustrated with woodcut drawings.Į. Gombrich, translated by Caroline Mustill, illustrated by Clifford Harper. ![]()
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