Men of Iron

By: Howard Pyle

Narrated by: Robert Whitfield

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

This is a story of the days of chivalry in England and of young Myles Falworth, son of a lord unjustly disgraced for treason, who was forced to make his fortune as best he might in the days when men seemed made of iron. How he entered the service of a powerful lord, rose to knighthood, defeated his father's old enemy in thrilling combat, and at last won the friendship of the king is told against a background of the dangerous times of the 14th century that makes them live again.

(P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks

Chivalry done right

I enjoyed this book as a young man. And I've enjoyed it even more as a grown man.

One of the best books I've heard

An excellent medieval story with a good plot, cast, and moral. It was certainly exciting to listen to, but it lacked the heartgripping breathtaking awe of a truly knife-edge story. However, the book is appropriately paced and no time is wasted in uninteresting description. As to action, there is plenty....no less than 4 battles occur described. Adventure is more lacking as most of the book takes place indoors or at the castle. Romance is minimal....more or less summed up; mentioned only a few times. Very safe and appropriate read for most ages!

Cute bit of historical fiction

Love a good story of growing up.
Even better with swords and armor.
Add in lords and princesses and I’m sold.

Excellent Book.

Outstanding performance of a wonderful story. We'll done. I enjoyed every minute of it. Highly recommended.

Wonderful story

I found this a wonderful read for those who likes stories of knights and chivalry .

Very good diction

Great tale of chivalry and knighthood. Good coming of age story in which a young upstart lad turns into a noble hero.

I love this story! <3

I think the story was very well written and I enjoyed thw story very much!

Good

I liked it very much and it was a good read. The story was grate rely liked it it was grate

Hold's true

Well written story, that carries honor. Written over 100 year ago about valor and justice, that still can teach all readers. Timeless.

Good story with technical flaws

I enjoyed Robert Whitfield’s narration of “Scaramouche” and “Captain Blood” so much that I got this book as well.

The narration is as good as those others, but the audio quality isn’t. Added to that, I noticed some flaws with the downloaded book. Initially, chapter 16 was missing entirely. I called the problem to the attention of customer service and it seems to be repaired now, but the missing chapter detracted from the enjoyment of the story. As it turned out, that chapter is not central to the plot.

This is an enjoyable story for anyone older than 15. Children younger than that will probably have trouble with some of the words, but it’s still an easily understood story, with only a few excursions away from the main plot.

The story’s central character is Miles, a young man studying to be a knight. Honor is a central concept of the story.

I am waaaaay past childhood and enjoyed this book, but I think it would be more suited for boys in their teens. I don’t think that girls would enjoy it as much boys would, although I should leave that issue open until we get a woman’s opinion.

In spite of the technical flaws, I rate it at 4 stars.

Loren