House of Arden Series by E. Nesbit

The Arden family has fallen on hard times -- Edred and his sister, Elfrida, live in a small cottage with their Aunt Edith near their ancestral home. "It had been a great house once, with farms and fields, money and jewels -- with tenants and squires and men-at-arms. The head of the house had ridden out three days' journey to meet King Henry at the boundary of his estate, and the King had ridden back with him to lie in the tall State bed in the castle guest-chamber... moreThe Arden family has fallen on hard times -- Edred and his sister, Elfrida, live in a small cottage with their Aunt Edith near their ancestral home. "It had been a great house once, with farms and fields, money and jewels -- with tenants and squires and men-at-arms. The head of the house had ridden out three days' journey to meet King Henry at the boundary of his estate, and the King had ridden back with him to lie in the tall State bed in the castle guest-chamber. The heir of the house had led his following against Cromwell; younger sons of the house had fought in foreign lands, to the honor of England and the gilding and regilding with the perishable gold of glory of the old Arden name." less

Harding's Luck is sequel to E. Nesbit's "The House of Arden." It tells the story of Dickie Harding, a disabled boy, who one day accidentally discovers an old magic, that allows him to travel into his own past. There he meets Elfrida and Edred Arden (as to

THE HOUSE OF ARDEN follows the adventures of two poor children, Edred and Elfrida Arden, who inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild it. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they travel back in time to earlier periods of English history, searching for clues... moreTHE HOUSE OF ARDEN follows the adventures of two poor children, Edred and Elfrida Arden, who inherit the decrepit Arden Castle and search for the lost family fortune that will allow them to rebuild it. With the assistance of the magical Mouldiwarp, they travel back in time to earlier periods of English history, searching for clues.HARDING'S LUCK tells the story of the brave Dickie Harding, the engaging little lame boy who lived at New Cross and spent a year with a tramp, besides having many other wonderful adventures. It tells, too, how Dickie nearly was made to be a burglar, of his great moon-flower, and the magic of its seeds, and how he slipped back in history five hundred years and became Master Richard Arden, who was not lame and poor, and how and why he came back again; of the Mouldiwarp, the Mouldierwarp, and the great Mouldiestwarp and what they did; of the buried treasure and how Dick and his friends found it, and so on to the end of the book.• The House of Arden• Harding's LuckEdith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer who published under the name E. Nesbit. A prolific and successful writer of several genres, Nesbit is most remembered as one of the first modern authors of children's literature; she is credited with addressing real-world issues in her writings, helping to move children's literature beyond the realms of fantasy and folklore. In addition to several very successful children's works, Nesbit wrote horror stories and is well-known for her support for Socialism. She and her husband were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884. less