by Captain Marryat · Penguin Group (Canada) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140621716
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«The Children of the New Forest» is Captain Marryat's children's adventure novel, published by Penguin Group (Canada) in paperback, 320 pages.
During the English Civil War, the four Beverley siblings are orphaned when their father, a Royalist officer, dies at the Battle of Naseby. The forester Jacob takes them in at the New Forest and hides them as his grandchildren; there they must learn to live off the land and forget their privileges while danger surrounds them.
Originally published in 1847, this English edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics collection.
Aimed at young readers and fans of classic historical adventure fiction.
Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847). In addition, he developed a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.
