Gertrude Crownfield 2 hr 2 min read

Prince Ember stretches eager hands to receive a gift, and glimpses a glorious figure, the makings of a fairy-tale adventure of princes, magic, and a shadow-witch's enchantment.

Gertrude Crownfield's 1922 book is a charming fantasy for children. Whimsical, imaginative, gracefully told. Read it for a warm storybook of royal heroes and sorcery, where a prince's quest and a witch's shadow-magic weave a gentle wonder-tale for young readers.

In its time

Published in 1922, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

2 hr 2 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Anne Merriman Peck