LARK

by Sally Watson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 19, 1964

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Lark Lennox is a free thinking, high spirited loyalist who has been kidnapped by her Roundhead, Puritan Uncle Jeremiah, and pledged to marry her cousin, Will-of-God. Charles I has been beheaded; Charles II is in exile in Scotland, captive of the Scots who are determined to defeat Cromwell and rule England. Lark, not unlike her predecessor Master Skylark, runs away from home. She encounters James, a courier for the Royalist cause, and together they Courney across England, meeting crises with a gay abandon. Eventually they leave England on the ship that carries Charles II to France. The reader leaves them, assured that they will live happily ever after. The book is well paced, the characters are interesting and well-drawn, the setting is vividly depicted.

Pub Date: Oct. 19, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION