The story starts in Camden Town, London at the end of World War One. It is Christmas & an old mysterious man knocks the door of the Allen family, the recently widowed Mrs Allen,and her children Jamie, Lucy & baby Benjamin. The old man claims to be a solicitor & offers Mrs Allen a job as a caretaker of an old run down country house. Due to their impoverished situation Mrs Allen accepts the old man's offer. Mrs Allen & the children move into a caretaker's cottage in the grounds of the old house. They soon discover that the old man is not what he seems & that he sought them out to help him. Soon, it becomes apparent to Jamie & Lucy that they are there to help two children from the past to put right a terrible wrong. However, in order to do this they have to travel back through time exactly 100 years.....

This is a wonderful & magical children's book, more appropriate to the over 10's. I first read it in 1972 & have loved & treasured my copy ever since (sorry, it is not for sale as it is of great sentimental value). I would urge any child (or adult) to read it. The story takes us from 1918 back in time to 1818, with many adventures on the way & a lovely "twist" ending.

This is a brilliant book, I've had my copy 31 years! It will enthral you. Truly enchanting.

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I first read this book in around 1976 and it was a firm favourite. I unwisely gave it away when I was 13 and have been searching for a (resonably priced!) copy for a long time. I bought one from Amazon Marketplace last week and was not disappointed!

As the other reviewer says, this book is brilliant, and if you can get hold of a copy, I'd totally recommend it. If not, the film version is an excellent alternative and is pretty faithful to the book and is also great. :)

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