Men of Iron

Men of Iron is an 1891 novel about a squire, Myles Falworth, who hopes to become a knight, thereby redeeming his family's honor. Myles's father was falsely implicated in a plot to kill King Henry IV. The adventure tale follows Myles through his intensive training for knighthood, and ends with the young beknighted Myles challenging the wicked Lord Brookhurst Alban to trial by combat.