By referring to the history of England of that date they will find that King Charles the First, against whom the Commons of England had rebelled, after a civil war of nearly five years, had been defeated, and was confined as a prisoner at Hampton Court. His brother and siblings continue to live in the New Forest and they are reunited on the King's return. This edition of Captain Marryats novels, made exclusively for members of the New York Yacht Club is strictly limited to one hundred copies. The circumstances which I am about to relate to my juvenile readers took place in the year 1647. Cavalier and Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English.
He then joins the army of the future King Charles II and after the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Worcester, he escapes to France and lives in exile until the Restoration. Buy a cheap copy of The Children of the New Forest book by Frederick Marryat. The children are concealed as the grandchildren of Armitage.Įventually after Armitage's death, Edward Beverley leaves and works as a secretary for the sympathetic Puritan placed in charge of the Royal land in the New Forest. The story describes how the children adapt from an aristocratic lifestyle to that of simple cottagers. 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. However, they escape and are raised by Joseph Armitage, a gamekeeper in his cottage in the New Forest. The Children of the New Forest (1847) is a novel by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. Frederick Marryat 3.87 5,311 ratings312 reviews The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. Get the print edition from Books on B.Download cover art Download CD case insert The Children of the New Forest
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