The Children of the New Forest

Captain Marryat

Sep 2008 · Fiction Classics Book 25 · Mind Melodies

About this ebook

The Children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby, are believed to have died in the flames when their house is burned by soldiers. However, they escape and are raised by Jacob Armitage, a gamekeeper, in his cottage in the New Forest. The children adaptfrom an aristocratic lifestyle to that of simple cottagers, who are concealed as the grandchildren of Armitage. After Armitage's death, Edward Beverley leaves and works for the Sympathetic Purtian. He, then, joins the army of the future King Charles II and after the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Worcester, he escapes to France and lives in exile until the Restoration. His siblings continue to live in the New Forest and they are reunited on the King's return.

About the author

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest. Ms. Payal Mittal (1983- ) holds M.A. in English from Kurukshetra University and B.A. Hons from University of Delhi. And she has been actively involved in teaching English to the teen-age students. She also did her fashion designing course from a private institute from Delhi. Her hobbies include reading and dancing.