Cynthia Harnett Quotes

“In England in 1493, Nicholas, the son of a wealthy wool merchant, manages to unmask a plot designed to ruin his father’s business.”

“One of his companions is the son of a shepherd, introducing a different social class into the novel’s ambitions. ”

“This children’s book is set in 1493 against the background of the Cotswolds wool trade. Excellent adventure book which includes much background detail on life at the time.”

″ During the negotiations for his betrothal, Nicholas and his bride-to-be try to find out who is stealing his father’s wool and substituting rubbish.”

“Nicholas, the son of a wool merchant, suspects that traders will attempt to swindle his father. He sets out to verify his suspicions and prevent the theft if necessary.”

“Adding yet another thread, Nicholas is betrothed at age 12 to the equally young daughter of another wool merchant, historically accurate but perhaps jarring to the under-12 readers of today.”

“It’s jam packed with detailed sketches and information of unfamiliar objects with their uses being part of the story. ”

“Nicholas is the son of a wool trader in the late 1400s in England. He is apprenticed to his father, and he notices that something is not right with visitors from Italy who sell his father’s wool overseas.”

“It is up to Nicholas, with the help of his best friend and the girl he is to marry, to figure out what is wrong and to set things right for Nicholas’s father and his wool trade.”

“The novel is set in Britain and written for a British child, although that should not deter a resourceful reader. There are maps to help with locations.”