Twelve Bright Trumpets

The heroes and heroines of these stories are young people set in the dramatic events that have shaped Western Civiliaztion. "The settings, the customs and ideas of the people pictured here are as true to the period as long and careful study could make them. Whenever an historical figure does appear, like Vortigern or Charlemagne or Alfred, he is only doing what records tell us that he actually did do." -foreward These stories inspire courage, love, endurance, hope, industry and many other virtues. They are also one of the best tools AHSP has found to teach the general timeline of the Middle Ages to children from ages 10 - 13.