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Simon

Rosemary Sutcliff

1996128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1996
first published
  • 1953Oxford U.P · 257 pages · ENG
  • 1953Oxford University Press · 257 pages · ENG
  • 1971Oxford University Press · 268 pages · ENGISBN 9780192770202
  • 1996O. U. P · ENG
  • 2013Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9781448173143
  • 2014Penguin Random House · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9781782950936
  • 1980Oxford University Press, USA · 268 pages · ENGISBN 9780192714428

It had never seemed of much importance during their boyhood that Simon Carey was for Parliament and his friend Amias Hannaford a Royalist. But when the Civil War between the two parties broke out, and two years later they were old enough to take part in it, they found themselves fighting for different sides. This story tells of the last stages of the English Civil War waged in the west country; and the account of the part played by Simon in the fighting makes exciting reading. Rosemary Sutcliffe has written a compelling and unbiased story of the troubled times of the civil war, describing vividly and accurately the final campaign in the west

How it feels

AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forChildren

When and where

Reading situationRead aloud

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  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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