Horace receives an impossible homework assignment at King Arthur's School for Trainee Knights that requires him to kill a dragon; however, he is reluctant to do that because his father is one.
Describes aspects of everyday life in England around the year 1250, covering knights, castles, clothing, furniture, hygiene, education, celebrations, and other topics.
Digory, a gentle boy who likes to spend time alone in the forest and make up songs to sing, accidentally becomes a knight and reluctantly sets off to rescue damsels in distress, slay dragons, and marry a princess.
Retells the story of King Arthur, from Merlin's first vision of the new king, through the founding of the Round Table, to the great quest for the Holy Grail.
A knight who is so interested in wearing just the right armor to fight the dragon forces a princess to take matters into her own hands and tame the ferocious beast.