BLACKADDER is a book that has fascinated many thousands of young readers, both in this country and abroad. It has twice been broadcast as a radio serial play. An adventure story, there is about it a curious atmosphere of reality (some of it in fact did happen), and one can easily believe that there were such characters as Harry de Rohan and Tom Cathro, the gallant Lieutenant Butterfield and the fabulous Habbakuk McGuffie, and the compelling figure...