
An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.



In this winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award, Walsh brings a meticulous eye for detail and storyteller's skill to this tale of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the siege that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.