Horses of Petrock by Vian Smith5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s a sequel, London Pride, and that’s out next month. The cover is by Anne Bullen, and the paperback has all the original illustrations. And there is solid pony action too, of course. ![]() The dialogue prickles and sparks, and there is plenty of adventure too as the cousins find their own way to live together. Just about the only thing they have in common is ponies. Morag and Angus are just as horrified when they meet their cousins. Why can’t they go to Frinton, like normal? After he left school, he worked as an office boy, and an apprentice before becoming a sapper during the war. Dartmoor was a presence in many of his books. They are appalled at the idea of visiting their Highland cousins. Vian Smith was born in Totnes in 1919, and spent much of his holidays with his grandparents at their farm in Holne. John and Antonia start the book as prim, buttoned up (quite literally) London children. ![]() You get a story set in the Scottish Highlands when the children do their own thing from dawn to dusk, and you also get some really satisfying character development. This book is the absolute best of escapist literature. ![]()
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