The Children of the New Forest (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Frederick Marryat

Overview

Set during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth (1642-1660), this novel for young readers—published in 1847—remains one of Marryat’s most popular. The aristocratic children of Colonel Beverly, left for dead by Roundheads, are adopted by a simple forester, but upon his death must navigate a treacherous world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411450905
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	04/19/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	430
File size:	530 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English Royal Navy officer for 25 years, and wrote stirring adventures of the high sea. A member of Charles Dickens’s literary circle, his pioneering maritime stories, which remain popular today, influenced Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway, C. S. Forester, and Patrick O’Brian.