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When Dan and Una stage a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a fairy ring, they are astonished by the appearance of Puck in person. He explains that he is the last of the People of the Hills, who started as gods before descending into this world.
Puck leads the two children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures in which they meet, Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings. Kipling's charming songs and verses, including the famous Smuggler's Song are placed between each thrilling story. The book is beautifully illustrated by H.R. Millar.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I still read this book at the age of fifty-four with as much delight as when I was given it aged about 9 or 10 by my dancing teacher. Puck is not the gossamer-winged soppy type of fairy (in fact, he reprimands Dan & Una roundly for using the word!) He is 'the oldest "Old Thing" left in Britain, and by means of Oak, Ash & Thorn he transports the children to meet various characters who, like Puck, have left their mark on the country.
It must be the most painless way ever to learn history and enjoy tales told as only a master can tell them.
Buy the book - in fact, buy two copies, one for the ten-year-old & one for yourself!
It must be the most painless way ever to learn history and enjoy tales told as only a master can tell them.
Buy the book - in fact, buy two copies, one for the ten-year-old & one for yourself!
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A potted history lesson far more educational and well-written than "Horrible histories". Also the romance and magical quality. Fairies etc.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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"Puck of Pook's Hill" is something of a curiosity. The theme of the book is England and what made her, as related by characters who are conjured-up by Puck to give what would be called "eye-witness accounts" today. These characters include a knight, a Roman centurion and a Jewish physician from the time of the Magna Carta. There is a lovely feeling of place about the book - and in particular the timelessness of place, with many of the stories set around the Downs and the Weald of Kent, where Kipling lived.
I do have to say, unfortunately, that I doubt that this book would offer much of relevance to children today. With the changes in the way children are taught history, from the "living history" actors that pop out at each tourist attraction to tell their tales to CG films portraying famous historical incidents, learning about history has left the dusty books that the children in this story had to learn from far behind. And I expect that Una and Dan would now be seen as "historic" as many of the other characters that appear in the story. But, although I would hesitate giving this to my son to read, I did enjoy losing myself in "Old England" for a while.
I do have to say, unfortunately, that I doubt that this book would offer much of relevance to children today. With the changes in the way children are taught history, from the "living history" actors that pop out at each tourist attraction to tell their tales to CG films portraying famous historical incidents, learning about history has left the dusty books that the children in this story had to learn from far behind. And I expect that Una and Dan would now be seen as "historic" as many of the other characters that appear in the story. But, although I would hesitate giving this to my son to read, I did enjoy losing myself in "Old England" for a while.
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Good going but it can get boring at points...
my son enjoyed this (he's fourteen), but found it could be a bit tedious in parts... I read this when I was about ten/eleven and liked it then, but I did not have the amount of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by G Star
Face to face with English gods, ghosts and history
Kipling's prose has a very special quality - quintissentially English, proud and very robust.
I asked a scholar of English and a Buddhist meditation teacher to recommend... Read more
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Published on 16 Nov 2006 by Sarakani
Wonderful style.
The book is a slightly strange collection of tales linked interestingly by a common theme. It deals with two children and their education in England's history and, for want of a... Read more
Published on 1 May 2001
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