From Amazon
'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' - JK Rowling - The Bookseller
In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather travels to her family's ancestral home, Moonacre Manor, to live with her uncle Sir Benjamin. She immediately feels right at home with her kind and funny uncle and meets a wonderful set of new friends — but she quickly learns that beneath all this beauty and comfort, a past feud haunts Moonacre Manor and it’s her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and restore the peace to Moonacre Valley.
A beautifully written fantasy story filled with magic, a Moon Princess, and a mysterious white horse. Little White Horse and the delightful heroine, Maria Merryweather, are sure to be loved by all children.
My thoughts
Elizabeth Goudge is not an Author that I have read before, I came across this book as a recommendation of an online friend. I am not sure if I ever actually met Mrs Mac in person or not, but she was a lovely lady who is sadly no longer with us. I am reading this book in memory of her.
The book also has a glowing endorsement from JK Rowling, so what more could one ask about the book? I am obviously commenting tongue in cheek now.
This was a lovely magical story that I enjoyed reading. Telling the story of Maria Merryweather, who begins living with her Uncle as she is sadly orphaned. As Maria learns how to live with Sir Benjamin her uncle, she meets a new set of friends that she has to get to know and ty to fit in with. All is not as it seems with these new friends and so begins the real story as Maria learns how to fit in and what she can do to try to settle issues that have been in the past, but have some bearing on the present and those that inhabit it.
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