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Castors Away!

(1962)
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Life for the Henchman family is exciting in its quiet way--picnics, visits to the farm, spats with their maiden aunt--until Nell finds on the beach the body of a young soldier who has apparently drowned. Through an extraordinary effort the Henchmans bring the soldier back o life and , unwittingly, bring themselves into the wider world of an England rallying against Napoleon in the devastating naval battle of Trafalgar.


Genre: Children's Fiction

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