The Lady and the Squire

The Squire's Adventures #2

by Terry Jones, Michael Foreman (Illustrator)

An adventure story set in the time of the Crusades. The central character, Tom, is a boy who runs away from home to discover what the noble life of a knight is really like, and to experience the excitement of war and battles. The title is the first in a trilogy.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Medieval, Fantasy, British Literature

329 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner Michael Palin wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, before creating Monty Python's Flying Circus with Cambridge graduates Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle and American animator-filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Jones co-created and co-wrote with Palin the anthology series Ripping Yarns. He also wrote an early draft of Jim Henson's film Labyrinth and is credited with the screenplay, though little of his work actually remained in the final cut. Jones was a well-respected medieval historian, having written several books and presented television documentaries about the period, as well as a prolific children's author. In 2016, Jones received a Lifetime Achievement award at the BAFTA Cymru Awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. After living for several years with a degenerative aphasia, he gradually lost the ability to speak and died in 2020 from frontotemporal dementia.

Reviews

[Thomas Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast-paced, well-told adventure story set in France during Edward III's rein in the late 1300s during the Hundred Years' War. Jones is a scholar of the middle ages and gives descriptions of the times you won't see elsewhere. And he has a sense of humor, and a sense of the injustice of hierarchies.

This second installment is even better than The Knight and the Squire, which should be read first.

The third book of the trilogy, The Tyrant and the Squire, has been published.
https://unbound.com/books/the-tyrant-...

[Sharla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Terry Jone's stories. They make me laugh out loud in places, which I normally don't do with books. My favorite part about this book is the main character's humorous narration throughout the entire thing and the sarcastic yet accurate portrayal of life in medieval England. Written by the same man who wrote the Monty Python series, if you like his movies you'll probably like his books as well.

[Kaye · Rating 5 out of 5]

What fun! The main character, Tom, plunges from one catastrophic adventure to another. Loads of action, humor, and even a little romance make this book a winner!

[RJC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jones is trying to re educate re; medieval France. Well done.

[Vicente Carbonell Antolinos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encantó

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed this novel overall. The story had adventure, suspense and even a little romance. However, I have some concerns about the novel as a school librarian. The language that Terry Jones uses I could not have on my school shelves. There is some swearing and the word rape appears. Now, I have no problem with this language for a YA or Adult title. But, in a 3-5 grade school this would not fly.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was somewhere between OK and liked for me, but I couldn't say it really grabbed me. It's very much aimed at kids, I think, and the collection of juvenile lead characters were a bit grating at times. It's a fun adventure, and it does include plenty of bits about historic characters and life in the fourteenth century, but I struggled to keep my attention on it.

[xx-Hannieee-xx · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is about a medieveil squire and his quest to win the lady's heart. He has many epic adventures one after the other but somehow manages to wriggle his way out of the most tight spots... But what lengths will he go to to impress the lady?

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really amazing book. I'm re-reading it today because I enjoyed it so much the first time I read it.

[Harriet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book but the end is a little bit sad.