19th century Australia: Captain Woolcot, having lost his wife tragically young, remarried a much younger young woman to provide his six children with a new mother. Together, they had another child, making seven. The Captain felt it was necessary to run the family with army discipline, but his rules and regulations were no match for the fun loving children, led by the redoubtable Judy. "But now it was morning, and she could disbelieve it no longer. Esther had come to her bedside and kissed her sorrowfully, her beautiful face troubled and tender. The kind-hearted stepmother had begged as she had never done before for a remission of poor Judy's sentence, but the Captain was adamant. To boarding school she must go!"
De Woolcots Reeks
Deze serie vertelt over het leven van de ondeugende Woolcot-kinderen en hun strenge maar liefdevolle familie in koloniaal Australië. Het verkent thema's als jeugd, plicht en de vaak harde realiteit van het leven aan de grens, in evenwicht met momenten van vreugde en blijvende liefde. De verhalen duiken in de complexiteit van familiedynamiek en de onverwoestbare geest van de jonge protagonisten tegen een levendige historische achtergrond.
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The Family at Misrule
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The Family at Misrule tells the story of the family five years on, including new baby girl Esther.