The book offers a brief plot synopsis, a double-page graphic overview and insight into the text, a short introduction to major characters and themes and a who's who in the text - introducing a cameo icon for each major character. It explains major and minor themes in the texts - introducing thematic icons, gives a detailed commentary on the text, linked closely to the text for ease of reference, and features icons to enable flexible following of themes and characters. There is also a self-test quiz for each section, focusing on skills that will be required for coursework and exams and a checklist of important quotes. Guidance on structure and content of exam essays is given with examples of questions.

 

This book is part of a book series called Letts Literature Guide .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Letts Educational .

This book has the following chapters: Plot synopsis; who's who in "A Kestrel for a Knave"; themes and images in "A Kestrel for a Knave"; the structure; chart of the episodes; text commentary; self-test questions; self-test answers; writing an examination essay.