About This Book
John George Edgar (1834-1864) was a British author and biographer. He was the first editor of Every Boy's Magazine. His works include: The Boyhood of Great Men (1853), Footprints of Famous Men (1854), History for Boys; or, Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe (1855), Boy-Princes; or, Scions of Royalty Cut Off in Youth (1857), The Heroes of England (1858), The Wars of the Roses; or, Stories of the Struggle of York and Lancaster (1859), The Crusades and the Crusaders (1860), Memorable Events of Modern History (1862), Cavaliers and Roundheads; or, Stories of the Great Civil War (1862), How I Won My Spurs; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Barons' Wars (1863), Sea Kings and Naval Heroes (1863), Danes, Saxons, and Normans; or, Stories of our Ancestors (1863), Runnymede and Lincoln Fair: A Story of the Great Charter (1864), Noble Dames of Ancient Story (1864), The Boy Crusaders: A Story of the Days of Louis IX (1865), Cressy and Poictiers: The Story of the Black Prince's Page (1865) and Anecdotes of Animals (1865).
