In 1461 young Joseph Charnetski and his parents flee the Ukraine to Krakow, guarding a mysterious treasure that ruthless men will kill to possess. Taking refuge near an alchemist and his scholar friends, the family finds work in the tower of the Church of Our Lady, from which a trumpeter plays the Heynal every hour, breaking off on the note where a defender once fell.
Winner of the 1929 Newbery Medal, a richly coloured picture of medieval Krakow for young readers. Download the free EPUB.