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The Children of the New Forest
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| Author(s): | Frederick Marryat |
| Illustrator(s): | Lynd Ward |
| Editor(s): | May McNeer |
| Publisher(s): | The Macmillan Co. |
| Year Published: | 1930 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure Boys Growing Up British Families Girls Growing Up Historical Fiction - Renaissance Robinsonnade |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 322 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 609509385 |
Description
A family of Royalist children take to the woods to escape from their Puritan persecuters. A Robinsonnade in Merry England.
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The Children of the New Forest (1911)
During the English civil war, a family of children take to the woods to escape from the Parliamentary forces. Read for free online at Google Books.
The Children of the New Forest (1927)
When the Roundheads triumph in the English civil war they burn down the Beverley family’s home. The orphaned children escape to the forest where they are taken in by Jacob Armitage, an old family servant. As in a Robinsonnade, they must learn to earn their own living while surrounded by deadly enemies.
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