Publisher's Synopsis
The Children of the New Forest (First Published 1847) It is 1647. King Charles I is defeated in the civil war and flees London for the New Forest. Soldiers search the forest and decide to burn Arnwood, the house of Colonel Beverley, a dead Cavalier officer. Four children, now orphans, are thought to have died in the fire but they are rescued by a gamekeeper. They live the life of simple foresters until they are old enough to fend for themselves and their country.
