And the bit from his review that I liked the most was "The children
also felt like children, something I don't always get from modern
books aimed at children."
The second review is from Sue Fairhead and can be found here:
"Once the adventures begin, it´s quite a tense novel, one that I found
difficult to put down at times. Other children´s books set in this
kind of era often use the real world with just a few magical or
enchanted elements, and this is no exception."