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The Children of the New Forest (Paperback)
Loot Price: R288
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The Children of the New Forest (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R288
Discovery Miles 2 880
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The Children of the New Forest (1847) is a novel by Frederick
Marryat. Although Marryat is more widely known for novels inspired
by his experience as a captain in the Royal Navy, The Children of
the New Forest is a historical children's novel set in the
aftermath of the English Civil War. Bringing his readers into the
world of danger and political intrigue that was England in the 17th
century, Marryat earns his place as one of the leading adventure
writers of his time. "It was in the month of November in this year
that King Charles, accompanied by Sir John Berkely, Ashburnham, and
Legg, made his escape from Hampton Court, and rode as fast as the
horses could carry them toward that part of Hampshire which led to
the New Forest." At the end of the English Civil War,
Parliamentarian forces pursued King Charles and his dwindling
allies into the ancient woods of the New Forest. Searching the
scattered homes of the forest, they leave a wake of destruction in
their path. Having already lost their father, a Royalist, in the
Battle of Naseby, orphans Edward, Humphrey, Alice, and Edith are
targeted by a group of Roundhead soldiers. Rescued from their
burning home by Jacob Armitage, a local verderer, the children
learn to survive using techniques passed down by generations of New
Forest dwellers. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Frederick
Marryat's The Children of the New Forest is a classic of British
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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