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.