Puck of Pook's Hill by Kipling

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by Rudyard Kipling. LibriVox v 1 read by icyjumbo. Short stories of different periods of English History. Historical Fantasy. Stories are narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the High Weald of Sussex, in the area of Kipling's own house, by people magically plucked our of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself. Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England", is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
1. Weland's Sword - A story about Burwash in 11th century just before the Norman Conquest, told by Puck himself35:14
2. Young Men at the Manor - A story that continues the previous one just after the Norman Conquest. It is told by Sir Richard Dalyngridge, a Norman knight who took part in the Conquest and was awarded a Saxon manor.36:27
3. The Knights of the Joyous Venture - The story of a daring voyage to Africa made by Danes after they captured Sir Richard and his Saxon friend Hugh at sea. This story was adapted by Hal Foster as an episode of Prince Valiant in 1942.45:32
4. Old Men at Pevensey - A tale of intrigue set in Pevensey at the beginning of the reign of Henry I in 1100.42:23
5. A Centurion of the Thirtieth - A poem that comments on how "cities, thrones and powers" are as transitory as flowers that bloom for a week.31:27
6. On the Great Wall - A story of the defense of Hadrian's Wall against the native Picts and Scandinavian raiders.35:30
7. The Winged Hats - A return to Hadrian's Wall and the fate of Magnus Maximus.36:24
8. Hal o' the Draft - A poem about how prophets are never acknowledged or celebrated in their native village.30:48
9. Dymchurch Flit - A fairy tale told by Puck (in disguise) and set around the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries (about 1540).29:45
10. The Treasure and the Law - A story of money and intrigue, told by a Jewish moneylender named Kadmiel, leading up to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215. Here we learn the eventual fate of most of the African gold brought back to Pevensey by Sir Richard Dal33:40