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Flambards

By: K M Peyton
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0192719556
ISBN-13: 9780192719553
Released: 01 Jan 2004
RRP: £5.99
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Story of the orphaned Christina sent to live at 'decaying' Flambards... - By: SB, 24 Jan 2008
I was slightly disappointed with Flambards, I think probably because it has dated more than I expected since it was first published (1967). The style of writing is a little stilted & the story comes across today as quite old-fashioned. Without giving anything away, the naive Christina grows up altogether a bit too fast at the end of the novel, laying out her plans for the future altogether too readily for her age of 16/17! I hope today's young readers don't follow her example...

So, what's the book about?

Well, by the age of 12 Christina, who has been orphaned since the age of 5, has been passed about amongst her relatives on a regular basis, & now she's going off to live with her uncle & 2 cousins at their country house, Flambards. The novel opens in the year 1908, so Christina is expected to fit in & do as she's told... But Christina isn't reallly used to country life. The whole of Flambards revolves around the hunting season - the horses are the best-cared for members of the household - & Christina doesn't yet know how to ride. Even more worringly, she arrived at the house on the same day her cousin Will had a dreadful riding accident... Still, her uncle insists she learn to ride so that she can go out hunting with cousin Mark. Christina doesn't know what to expect... And can she become friends with her very different cousins?