Castle in the Air vs Wulf the Saxon: Which Should You Read?

Castle in the Air Diana Wynne Jones · 1990 ★★★★☆ 4.0 298 pages · ≈ 5 h 31 m · Light

Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and…

Wulf the Saxon G. A. Henty · 1894 ★★★★☆ 3.9 326 pages · ≈ 6 h 02 m · Moderate

“THE great Abbey of Westminster was approaching its completion; an army of masons and labourers swarmed like bees upon and around it, and although differing widely in its massive architecture, with round Saxon windows and arches, from the edifice that was two or three generations later to be reared in its place,-to serve as a still more fitting tomb for the ashes of its pious founder,-it was a stat”

In 11th-century Britain, a young thane named Wulf and his best friend, Beorn, fight bravely for their Saxon king, capturing castles, rescuing shipwrecked survivors, repelling Viking invaders, and fighting the Battle of…