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The Children of the New Forest

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Author(s):Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s):E. Boyd Smith
Publisher(s): Henry Holt and Company
Year Published: 1911
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
Boys Growing Up
British
Families
Fiction - novel
Girls Growing Up
Historical Fiction – Civil War
Robinsonnade
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 397
OCLC: 2716022

Description

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.

Other Editions

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.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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The Children of the New Forest (1930)

A family of Royalist children take to the woods to escape from their Puritan persecuters. A Robinsonnade in Merry England.

Publisher: The Macmillan Co.
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