This is a rip-roaring collection of knuckle-whitening adventure stories retold for younger readers. It is full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the stories from: «Don Quixote», «The 39 Steps», «The Count of Monte Cristo», «The Prisoner of Zenda» and «The Three Musketeers». It also includes short biographies of each of the authors.