Our author led an exciting and adventurous young life. He lived during the reign of Queen Victoria of Britain (1837-1901). He became quite a story teller. First to his own children. After dinner in the evening he would spend an hour or two in telling them a story that many times would have to be continued the next day. A friend watching the spellbound children suggest he write down his stories so others could enjoy them. This he did, writing approximately 144 books, plus stories to magazines and was dubbed as ‘The Prince of the story tellers’ and his boys own historian.
To make these stories more interesting they would revolve around a fictional boy hero during some fascinating period of history, historians have recognized his stories as being accurate, thus he made History into a fascinating study. His heroes fought wars, sailed the seas, discovered land, conquered evil empires, prospected for gold, and a host of other exciting adventures. They meet famous personages. They go through the fall of Jerusalem, the Roman invasion of Britain which is the background of this story. And in fact these heroes lived through tumultuous historic eras, meeting the famous leaders of that time in the past. Thus, his books covered the periods of history for his children and others, in a manner that kept the attention of the listener.