BIOGRAPHIES
Tanaka, Shelley

In the Time of Knights

(4) 4-6 I Was There series. Illustrated by Greg Ruhl. Interspersed with sidebars and reproductions of artwork and original illustrations, the lengthy text tells the life story of William Marshal, one of the most successful knights of the twelfth century and regent to Henry, the son of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Fictionalized dialogue and thoughts detract from the presentation, and the book's format is cramped and cluttered, but the biographical information is accurate and engrossing. Bib., glos., ind.

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