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Read by Imogen Stubbs
TIME IS. TIME WAS. TIME IS NOT.
When Penelope goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in an ancient Derbyshire farmhouse, she is immediately drawn to the wonderful atmosphere of the place and longs to discover all the secrets of its past. Soon, Penelope finds herself slipping back in time to the sixteenth century, where she is welcomed by the Babbington family whose home it was then.
As the lines between past and present blur, Penelope becomes caught up in the tragic events that befall her new friends, as they make plans to rescue the doomed monarch, Mary Queen of Scots.
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When Penelope goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in an ancient Derbyshire farmhouse, she is immediately drawn to the wonderful atmosphere of the place and longs to discover all the secrets of its past. Soon, Penelope finds herself slipping back in time to the sixteenth century, where she is welcomed by the Babbington family whose home it was then.
As the lines between past and present blur, Penelope becomes caught up in the tragic events that befall her new friends, as they make plans to rescue the doomed monarch, Mary Queen of Scots.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Reading this book, it is hard to believe that the author didn't personally travel back to the 16th century, her descriptions of life and conversations of the 16th century characters are so convincing. Penelope, staying with her great-aunt and uncle at Thackers Farm in Derbyshire, finds herself able to slip back and forth to the reign of Elizabeth I, when the Babbington family owned Thackers, and her own distant ancestor, Cicely Taberner, was their cook. Aunt Cicely and the other servants are particularly convincing as real peopel, their manners,language andattitudes seem totally authentic, more so than the slightly romatncised upper-class Babbingtons. Penelope becomes involved in the doomed plot to save Mary Queen of Scots from nearby Wingfield Manor, even though she knows she cannot change history.
And she falls hopelessly in love with Francis Babbington, although there is no future in it. Apparently Alison uttley was planning to write a sequel to this lovely book, it is fascinating but frustrating to speculate what it might have been like.
And she falls hopelessly in love with Francis Babbington, although there is no future in it. Apparently Alison uttley was planning to write a sequel to this lovely book, it is fascinating but frustrating to speculate what it might have been like.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alison Uttley is a quiet writer, unpretentious and understated. I adore A Traveller in Time which tells a wistful and enchanting tale using the tried and tested device of a child slipping accidentally into another time. It brings to life the period of history when Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned by Elizabeth and when plots were rife as well as recounting the way history is woven into the very fabric of a place. Truly lovely.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like all the other reviewers, I have loved this book since childhood - but it is much too good just to be left to children!! It really can be read by any age group; all that is needed is an appreciation of beautiful writing, a love of history and the ability to lose yourself in atmosphere. Oh, and by the way, all the places in the book are real places in Derbyshire and can be visited; you just have to know how to find them.
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A brilliant read!
This is a wonderful book! It combined the two things that have always interested me, sixteenth century history and time travel. Read more
Published 24 months ago by M
unforgetable
I read this as a child many years ago and was utterly captivated by the story. A child staying in an historic house with a relative finds herself slipping through time to when... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by gaia
Blast from the past
I read this book in my first year at high school. So nice to read it again after all these years and to find it just as magical now as then, still brought tears to my eyes. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Mrs. M. E. Wood
EXCELLENT!
My mum first read this book to me when I was small, I read it several times but unfortunately it got lost or accidentally taken for selling, I loved it so much so I bought it on... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by Jenni
A haunting read
This book has haunted me since I saw it serialised on the BBC in the 1970s - when it was filmed in the real 'Thackers' - an ancient Derbyshire farmhouse owned by the parents of a... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2008 by Tanee58
A Traveller in Time
I read this book back in the 1970s having heard it serialised on Woman's Hour when my children were young. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2003 by Anne Crofts
Brilliant
I simply loved this book. I have read it many times and i am besotted. i have a great interest in history and this is what made the book even more special to me. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2002
Enchanting story that has stayed with me over the years.
This is a wonderful book written in the Alison Uttley magic. I first read it many years ago and the story stayed with me. It is a ghost story but a beautiful one not at all scary. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2002
An amazing Read
I first read the book years ago, as part of a 'readathon' at the local library. I quickly borrowed the book another three times and read it over and over non stop. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2000
A wonderful adventure that will enthral imaginative children
My mother bought this for me when I was about 10 as I had so much enjoyed the author's Little Grey Rabbit books. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 1999
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