Dr. Pei brings to the tales in this book a special knowledge of medieval lore as well as a fanciful preoccupation with the supernatural. His long and distinguished career... has provided him with much of the background material for the eerie plots he has woven together in 14 stories.

Contents:
- The Huntsmen's Banquet
- The Devil's Christmas
- The Lady Violante
- The Flight That Failed
- With His Arm in a Sling
- The Bones of Charlemagne
- The Ritual of Ptah-Mes
- 1976
- The Roomette
- My Brother's Keeper
- From the Further Adventures of Sinbad
- A Grecian Legend
- Kandyce Is the Winner
- The Sparrows of Paris