Author: Burton, Hester:
Title: Kate Rider.
Description: London, Oxford University Press, 1974. 1st Ed., H/B red cloth bds, Near Fine, sl. discol. at top edge, corner lightly bumped at top, unclipped film-protected d/w, Near Fine+, sm. lib. stamp on title verso, faint foxing/staining on pge edges, illust. by Victor G Ambrus. A nice copy. The disruptive effects of the Civil War on the lives of an ordinary family are illustrated in this absorbing novel which culminates in the Siege of Colchester in 1648.

Keywords: Civil War, children's, literature, fiction, historical, history, Siege of Colchester, Royalists, novel, juvenile, story.