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Now with a fantastic redesigned cover to tie-in with the brand new BBC WILLIAM television series!

William Brown, the tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief who has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his thousands of admirers since 1922, is back, with a new cover look illustrated by Lydia Monks.

Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back. Now with a brand-new cover look illustrated by Chris Garbutt.

William is up to his old tricks in More William, Richmal Compton's second set of classic William adventures. When Aunt Lucy tells William that 'a busy day is a happy day', William does his best to keep himself very busy indeed. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates his efforts to cheer up Christmas Day - and when a conjuring trick with an egg goes very badly wrong, William finds himself in more trouble than ever! With a fun contemporary cove...

Now as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry and the angelic thorn-in-his-side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has ...

Double CD, read by Martin Jarvis. Running time: 2 hrs. Reprint.

Martin Jarvis reads more of the classic schoolboy tales. 2 CDs, running time: 2 hrs 30 mins.

3 CDs read by Martin Jarvis. Jarvis has made the voices of William and his gang of outlaws his own in these marvellous readings. Running time: 2 hours 50 mins.

A collection of festive stories featuring everyone's favourite trouble-maker, with new jacket artwork by David Roberts.

Excerpt from Naomi Godstone It was like the end of the world. Naomi always thought of the end of the world like that - like the noise of the afternoon express going over the bridge across Tutt's Lane. You hadn't to put your fingers to your ears. Ifyou did that you were a cowardy custard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduc...

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Something was waiting for her at Merlin Bay. She didn't know what it was yet, but she would know soon . . ."So begins Mrs. Paget's month-long holiday as she journeys with the rest of her family to visit her grown-up daughter Pen and her grandchildren, who have moved to Cornwall to reap the benefits of the fresh Cornish air. But teaming beneath the calm surface of seaside life lies a whole world of secrets, infatuations, hopes and dreams. Over ...

Aged just seventeen Hermione is passed from the hands of an inattentive mother into an engagement with a young man she barely knows. Glad to have her pretty daughter married and celebrated by their social circle, Hermione's mother gives little thought to the fitness of the match. Hermione now finds she must grow up, and grow into a life with a man who is not her natural partner. Following Hermione and her family from the late nineteenth centur...

Happily married for thirty years with three children that have long since grown up, Christopher Mainwaring finds himself at a total loss following the death of his beloved wife, Susan. Yet the joyful marriage he remembers may not have been all it seemed, for no one in the family knows of the troubling words his wife uttered to him from her death bed . . . Alluding to a possible affair that took place many years ago with a close family friend, ...

When Lettice Helston's high-society marriage breaks down, leaving a hole in her life, she flees her London life for the comfort of her friend Dorrie. But an unexpected detour to the charming village of Steffan Green introduces her to new friends, some in dire need of her help, and uncovers a decades old scandal that could have disastrous consequences for present generations.With the help of parson's wife and ex-suffragette, Mrs. Fanshaw, along...

Something was waiting for her at Merlin Bay. She didn't know what it was yet, but she would know soon . . ."So begins Mrs. Paget's month-long holiday as she journeys with the rest of her family to visit her grown-up daughter Pen and her grandchildren, who have moved to Cornwall to reap the benefits of the fresh Cornish air. But teaming beneath the calm surface of seaside life lies a whole world of secrets, infatuations, hopes and dreams. Over ...

Aged just seventeen Hermione is passed from the hands of an inattentive mother into an engagement with a young man she barely knows. Glad to have her pretty daughter married and celebrated by their social circle, Hermione's mother gives little thought to the fitness of the match. Hermione now finds she must grow up, and grow into a life with a man who is not her natural partner. Following Hermione and her family from the late nineteenth centur...

Even as a child all Vicky wants is love. She seeks it from her governess, she expects it from the lowly, loyal gardener, Andrew, but most of all, she is desperate for it from the one person who can't see beyond shadows of the past and open his heart to her - her father.As Vicky grows up, her beauty blossoms, and when she meets vivacious artist Philip - a passionate, fiery-haired man who crashes into her carefully ordered life - everything chan...

Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just Williamseries. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning 95. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. ...

Summer has arrived and the Cotteril children are looking forward to the Holiday. It's always a special time of year as Thea, Susan, Peter and Jane escape their lives in the suburbs to the delights of the countryside with their mother and father.All sorts of exciting adventures await them as they explore unfamiliar surroundings and meet a collection of fascinating new neighbours. For Peter and Jane the magic of the Holiday is as alive as ever, ...