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Charles Henry Hanson
Best known for retelling great myths and legends for younger readers, this Victorian-era writer turned stories of King Arthur, Homer, and ancient Greece into lively, accessible books. His work has a clear love of adventure, history, and the classical world.
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Stories of the Days of King Arthur
by Charles Henry Hanson
About the author
Charles Henry Hanson was a 19th-century author whose surviving books show a strong interest in mythology, legend, and the ancient world. Reliable catalog and library sources connect his name with works including Stories of the Days of King Arthur (1882), Homer's Stories Simply Told (1882), The Land of Greece: Described and Illustrated (1886), and The Siege of Troy and the Wanderings of Ulysses.
His books were written for general readers and younger audiences, reshaping large, older traditions into clear narrative form. In Stories of the Days of King Arthur, for example, he presents a selected retelling of Arthurian legend, while his Homer and Greece titles bring classical subjects within easier reach of non-specialists.
Not much biographical detail appears to be readily confirmed in major open web sources, so the picture that survives is mainly through his publications. Even so, those books suggest a writer who cared about making famous stories welcoming, readable, and full of wonder.