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Rating: Summary: Adventure in the King's Forest Review: Captain Marryat's "THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST" is a wonderful tale in narrative, historically rich and quite fascinating. This story of adventure, treachery, and love takes place during the English Civil War, when fellow countrymen are found enemies, and are set against each other, Roundhead and Cavalier, Parliament and the King. Many hoped for the same thing: justice. But, for a long time, neither could find it. In the midst of all were the Beverlies, the family of a faithful Cavalier, who died in service of the king. His four children were left orphaned when their mother died of grief. Then, word came to them that the Roundheads were going to burn down their estate, Arnwood. Fate sent them into the hands of an old forester, Jacob Armitage, and they escaped to his cottage. From there, the story unfolds. It is a classic worthy of shelving in libraries, in private or in public collections, recommended by many educators, and by me, with all due praise.
Rating: Summary: Adventure in the King's Forest Review: Captain Marryat's "THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST" is a wonderful tale in narrative, historically rich and quite fascinating. This story of adventure, treachery, and love takes place during the English Civil War, when fellow countrymen are found enemies, and are set against each other, Roundhead and Cavalier, Parliament and the King. Many hoped for the same thing: justice. But, for a long time, neither could find it. In the midst of all were the Beverlies, the family of a faithful Cavalier, who died in service of the king. His four children were left orphaned when their mother died of grief. Then, word came to them that the Roundheads were going to burn down their estate, Arnwood. Fate sent them into the hands of an old forester, Jacob Armitage, and they escaped to his cottage. From there, the story unfolds. It is a classic worthy of shelving in libraries, in private or in public collections, recommended by many educators, and by me, with all due praise.
Rating: Summary: Mystery, action, The Children of the New Forest has it all. Review: I first struggled through it when I was ten years old. I loved it and read it cover to cover perhaps twenty times during my teans. It is set in England during the late 1600's at the time of the Cavaliers and Roundheads. It uses language to the full, expanding childrens' vocabulary.It's one of the best children's books I have read; my only criticism is that the author rather hurries the ending. Now at age 46 I am reading it to my children. Why was there only one of these?
Rating: Summary: The best book I have ever read... Review: The Children of the new forest is a brilliant insight into what england was like in the 15th century. It tells how four wealthy children are without warning suddenly plunged into poverty, when the roundheads fire their house looking for the king. It tells how the heir of the burnt house and his brother and sisters strive to become what they should have been without the roundheads. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get hooked on something, but is not too hard. It is an excellent book to learn from and look at carefully, and is gripping to the very end.
Rating: Summary: Really good children's book. Review: This is a unique book with a quality and style that is timeless. True classic that every child would greatly benefit from reading.
Rating: Summary: Really good children's book. Review: This is a unique book with a quality and style that is timeless. True classic that every child would greatly benefit from reading.
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