The Children of the New Forest (Puffin Classics S.)

by Captain Frederick Marryat

In The Children of the New Forest, Marryat describes the trials and triumphs of the four Beverley children, orphaned during the English Civil War and forced to take refuge with a poor woodsman in the New Forest. This is the first annotated edition of a great children's classic, which has retained its popularity since 1847. (read review)

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Godsdane
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Wonderful story book. If you like the Robin Hood -style of old England in battles along with a simple story of 4 children trying to survive in a Forrest, you will enjoy this book. Captain Frederick Marryat writes really well.

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