This Is 1808

Harriet, Jake and Mathew are enjoying a holiday fishing trip when suddenly a strange mist descends and surrounds their boat. As it clears, the three children find themselves mysteriously transported back to the year 1808. Anchored majestically ahead of them is the mighty sailing ship, The Intrepid, a great man o’ war. Sea shanties echo across the waves as eleven-year-old Jake is captured and taken to serve in the Napoleonic Wars.

Will Harriet and Mathew be able to rescue Jake and bring him safely back to England?

Will they be able to assist the desperately wounded soldiers from the carnage of the battlefield?

Will they survive the grim battles and storms at sea before they are once more returned to twenty-first-century Britain?

Barbara Robertson is a school teacher who has lived and worked in Canada as well as in the UK. Life in Canada gave her a love of the outdoors, travel and skiing. She taught in northern Canada, Ottawa and Montreal. She is the author of six books for children aged from three to fourteen years. On her return from Canada, she resumed teaching in London and now lives in County Durham, where the history and beauty of the region has been a source of inspiration for her books.