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|title=The Gauntlet

|sort=Gauntlet, The

|publisher=Oxford

|date=March 2015

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|summary=New edition of a classic historical novel for children -- deservedly cherished by many adults and still capable of appealing to confident readers today.

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''The Gauntlet'' was one of the iconic books of my childhood. Why iconic? It's an over-used word. Why not say 'most memorable', 'outstanding', 'most magical and exciting', -- or simply 'best'? Any of those would do but I think I'll allow myself iconic. The gauntlet of the title justifies that word.

Clearly every child should be offered the opportunity to read [[The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis]]. Another much rarer but welcome reissue from the past is [[Sword At Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff]]. Adults whose imaginations (like mine) were caught by the falconry descriptions in ''The Gauntlet'' might relish a more far complex and personal exploration of the subject in [[H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald]]

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[[Category:Historical Fiction]]