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Set in seventeenth-century England during King Charles's deposition, this story features four orphaned children who are adopted by a forester. He has rescued them from the "Roundhead" troops who killed their Royalist father (loyal to King Charles). As the forester's adopted "grandchildren," the four Beverly children must adapt to rustic life, learning to cook, hunt, and sew. Narrator Glen McCready's details these activities with a quiet pleasure that is contagious. McCready's dignified British voice is well suited to this old-fashioned adventure story filled with the classic themes of resourcefulness, self-reliance, and courage. As McCready's narration skillfully illuminates the children's growing maturity and wisdom, the story becomes all the more satisfying. --J.C.G., AudioFile
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The Children of the New Forest is Captain Marryat s classic children s adventure story. The four Beverley children find themselves orphaned when their father is killed by Cromwell s army at the outset of the English Civil War. The book follows their experiences as they are forced to abandon their aristocratic title and go into hiding in the New Forest. Read superbly by Glen McCready, this new abridgement is aimed at 7-12 year olds.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Children of a dead Royalist noble are rescued by a loyal servant and hidden in the New Forest until - after love, misunderstandings and danger - all is set to rights and they live happily ever after.
This is an ideal book for audio, because it is - for various reasons - a difficult read. It's old fashioned, quite slow and 'over-written'. But, get it read as well as this, and the great quality of the story suddenly sings out. It has exciting episodes and good family values, even though I think the children were fighting on the wrong side... Oh well, you can't have everything.
This is an ideal book for audio, because it is - for various reasons - a difficult read. It's old fashioned, quite slow and 'over-written'. But, get it read as well as this, and the great quality of the story suddenly sings out. It has exciting episodes and good family values, even though I think the children were fighting on the wrong side... Oh well, you can't have everything.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is abridged by Sylvia Helsby, with a total running time of 3hrs 43mins 21secs.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A good price and the book was a delight to hear on the 3 CD set
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