THE HOUSE OF ARDEN - A Children's Fantasy book by e. Nesbit
About this eBook
During their journeys into the past, the children encounter several historical events:
1807: Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, the British military response, and the smuggling around Dymchurch Bay (called "Lymchurch" in the story)
ca. 1705: a visit from the "Chevalier St. George" (the Old Pretender) during the reign of Queen Anne
1605: the Gunpowder Plot and a meeting with Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London, from which the children escape using the same stratagem Lady Nithsdale would use in 1717
ca. 1535: a May Day celebration with Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, with premonitions of Anne's execution.
The final episode, in which the children rescue their father from a lost civilization in South America, is reminiscent of the legends of El Dorado and other Cities of Gold.
10% of all profits will be donated to charities.
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About the author
Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit.
Among Nesbit's best-known books are The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) and The Wouldbegoods (1901), which both recount stories about the Bastables, a middle-class family that has fallen on (relatively) hard times. The Railway Children is also known from its adaptation into a 1970 film version. In 2004 her Five Children and It was also turned into a film featuring Freddie Highmore.
Gore Vidal called the time-travel book, The Story of the Amulet, one in which "Nesbit's powers of invention are at their best." The Story of the Amulet is book 3 in the Psammead series, book 1 being "Five Children and It".
Her children's writing also included numerous plays and collections of verse.
