This is a rip-roaring collection of knuckle-whitening adventure stories retold for younger readers. It is full of colorful 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.