# The trumpeter of Krakow

Author: Kelly, Eric P. (Eric Philbrook), 1884-1960; Pruszynska, Angela [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72600

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+trumpeter+of+Krakow+Kelly&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was in late July of the year 1461 that the sun rose one morning red and fiery as if ushering in midsummer’s hottest day. His rays fell upon the old city of Krakow and the roads leading up to it, along which rolled and rocked a very caravan of peasants’ wagons. They were drawn mostly by single horses hitched into place by the side of a rough pole that served for shaft; for wheels there were stout pieces of board nailed tightly together and cut round about, baked with fire at the rim to harden them; for body they had but rude cross boards as a floor, with sides and ends of plaited willow reeds, so that the wagons had the appearance of large baskets traveling on wheels. As they moved alon...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trumpeter-of-krakow-72600/chapters/16/index.md)