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Which conquistador read-aloud?
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Should I use Scott O’Dell’s The King’s Fifth or Henty’s By Right of Conquest for our history literature selection? I want more history than fiction, but definitely a good story. I have an 11 yr. old and a 10.5 yr. old.
Rachel
Of the two, I’ve read only O’Dell’s and would probably say it leans more toward fiction than history. Definitely a good story set in the historical period, incorporates some of the actual history, but that’s not the main focus. Judging from other Henty books I’ve read, and the first page of By Right of Conquest (which I just sneaked a peek at on Google Books), I would say his would be more focused on the historical events as they unfolded.
Thank you. I’ll try Henty and put the O’Dell book as a free read.
Question: which is a better, more factual account of Tyndale; O’Dell’s book or Louise Vernon’s The Bible Smuggler?
Rachel
I have the impression that neither give a detailed account of his whole life; both focus on the period of his translation project and smuggling that ensued. Seems like both lean more toward historical fiction with an additional character around whom the story is built and Tyndale as an acquaintance.
Anybody else read them more recently and can give more details?
(By the way, we’re talking about O’Dell’s The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day now.)
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