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Otto of the Silver Hand (1888) ( children's ) NOVEL by: Howard Pyle

Otto of the Silver Hand (1888) ( children's ) NOVEL by: Howard Pyle

Pyle, Howard

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1542810558
ISBN13: 9781542810555
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 28 2017
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Otto of the Silver Hand is a children's novel about the Dark Ages written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. It was first published in 1888 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The novel was one of the first written for young readers that went beyond the chivalric ideals of the time period, and showed how cruel the time period could really be The book centers around the life of Otto, the son of German warlord Baron Conrad. Otto's mother, Baroness Matilda, has died in premature labour, brought on by the sight of the Baron's battle wounds, prompting Conrad to take his newborn son to be raised in a nearby monastery. When Otto reaches the age of eleven his father returns to claim him from the gentle monks, taking him back to live in Castle Drachenhausen,

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