SuitabookThe fearless treasure
Noel Streatfeild
- Reading
- Consider reading one section at a time, then pause to distinguish what the story imagines from what it says about the past. Check in on how the historical viewpoint lands.
- Themes
- England’s past and historical perspective: The children visit different eras; a commentary says Romans, Vikings and Normans are seen as immigrants, while other nationalities are absent from this view. The historical frame is described as particularly English and limited in whose presence it includes; the story’s fuller treatment of that limit is unclear.
- Rights, law, democracy and equality: The story is described as exploring these civic ideas through children’s journeys into different periods. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The historical perspective is described as very English: Romans, Vikings and Normans are treated as immigrants, while other nationalities are not included and the people are all white.