A review by lsparrow
The Children of the New Forest (Yesterday's Classics) by Frederick Marryat

2.0

I can't remember how this book got on to my to read list - a classic in the vein of little women , my side of the mountain, or little house on the prairie. As a child I would have devoured this booked and loved it, the independence of 4 children escaping death and managing to learn how to eek out an existence off the land. As an adult I wondered if the writer had ever done any of these tasks or merely watched others. For inexperienced and young children they managed a very successful farm with no crop or other failures. I was interested in the history that was presented (although obviously written by a royalist)- I had forgotten that piece of British history and felt I need to read up more on it. Overall an easy read.