Sun Slower Sun Faster
Author:
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator:
Edward Ardizzone
Publication:
1955 by Collins (London)
Simultaneously published by:
Sheed & Ward
Genre:
Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Pages:
217
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This is an adventure story with a difference—a story about people of today staying in a house in the West of England, and about people of the past whose lives were connected with the same house and the same part of the world. Rick and Cecilia and their tutor, Dominic, find themselves with the gift of slipping about in time so that different moments of history suddenly become Now.
Every dip into the past takes them farther back. They hear a secret Mass in Elizabethan times, meet the young Henry II, witness the Coronation of the first king of England, and get a taste of Roman Britain. Each time they are swept up into the middle of some excitement, a chase or a battle or a persecution. And each time they see another chapter of the Church's history and learn more about the Church's teachings. The last wonderful visit is to the time when the Coming of the Saviour was awaited by the whole world.
Interwoven with the scenes from the past are the events of Rick and Cecilia's everyday life, and the mystery of Rick's parentage, which Dominic helps to solve. Edward Ardizzone's illustrations set off the story perfectly.
From the dust jacket
Meriol Trevor
1919 - 2000British
Born in London in 1919, Miss Trevor graduated from Oxford in 1942. Her first publications were books for children and historical novels. She then wr... See more
Edward Ardizzone
1900 - 1979British
Edward Ardizzone was born on October 16, 1900, the eldest of five children. In 1905 his family moved to Ipswich, England, where they lived until Ard... See more
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Sun Slower Sun Faster
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
This novel is, as the note to the reader indicates, lively and exciting. I would whole-heartedly recommend Sun Slower Sun Faster to any reader who likes a good historical adventure. Exciting and well-written like the We Were There books, this one is written in a style more reminiscent of something like Edith Nesbit or The Secret Garden or the early parts of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe when the children are exploring the country house. That said, some mechanical things about this book don’t work perfectly and, as the note to the reader said, those of us who only have a broad-strokes understanding of English history might find ourselves a little disoriented in places. I probably straddle the line between the average English reader and the average American reader. I am Catholic, I lived in England, have been to Bath, and consume a fair amount of BBC t.v. So, I allowed myself to just enter into the story and let it take me on a beautiful adventure.
Sun Slower Sun Faster
Though definitely geared for a young Catholic audience, this is a fantasy-adventure with the humor and perception...
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