The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen Author:Geraldine McCaughrean Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen was written in 1596 for Queen Elizabeth 1st. Award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean re-tells this famous romantic text in a gripping and accessible way. She introduces a whole new generation of readers to Spenser's exciting adventures of knights and dragons, sorcerers and hermits, princesses and sea nymphs.L... more »avishly designed and brilliantly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft, this is a perfect and a wonderful present.« less