Alfred Ollivant 2 hr 20 min read

In the enchanted realm called That Country, a Redcoat Captain with jolly curls and a chestnut-haired lady who lives among the rooks share a tender fairy-tale romance.

Alfred Ollivant's 1907 children's book, by the author of 'Bob, Son of Battle,' is a whimsical, dreamlike fantasy. Charming, lyrical, delightful juvenile fantasy. Read it for a gentle storybook idyll set in a magical land, illuminated with old-world charm.

In its time

Published in 1907, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 20 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

W. Graham Robertson