“martyn beardsley”

The Magic World Cup is on, and it is the talk of the town. Sir Gadabout is sent to escort Merlin--the reigning world champion--to the competition, but they are waylaid by evil magicians. The Worst Knight in the World is convinced that the great magician has been turned into a mutt and that the unfor... More

When Excalibur is stolen, Sir Gadabout sets off with his trusty band of followers to find the evil Sir Rudyard the Rancid. They must face the worst if they are to return the mighty sword to its rightful home.... More

Sir Gadabout, the Worst Knight in the World, is back with all his old friends: King Arthur and Queen Guinivere, Herbert his faithful squire, Merlin's sarcastic cat Sydney Smith, and Merlin's Kung Fu guard turtle Dr. McPherson, to name but a few. This time he challenges Sir Mistabit in a tournament, ... More

Matthew Flinders, surgeon and apothecary of Donington, in south Lincolnshire, in the late eighteenth century, was the father of the Matthew Flinders, sailor, navigator and explorer, and one of the central figures in the early history of the Australian nation. His diaries, published here in full for ... More

This volume presents (and completes) the edition of the diary and account books of Matthew Flinders, surgeon and apothecary of Donington in south Lincolnshire. His son, also Matthew, who later won renown as the first circumnavigator of Australia, appears here as a schoolboy, choosing not to follow h... More