Weatherley Parade

Zusatztext Miss Crompton is a master-hand at child characterisation Informationen zum Autor Richmal Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890. The first story about William Brown appeared in Home magazine in 1919, and the first collection of William stories was published in book form three years later. In all, thirty-eight Just William books were published, the last, William the Lawless , in 1970 after Richmal Crompton’s death. Klappentext A classic novel from the author of Just William. Zusammenfassung Weatherley Parade is the compelling saga of the lives and loves of the Weatherley family, spanning the years 1902 to 1940. The story begins with Arthur Weatherley returning – tired and broken – from the Boer War to his wife and three children, and closes with his grandchildren facing the Battle of Britain. In the years between are births and death, public triumphs and private tragedies, all wrought against a backdrop of British history. As the Weatherley’s lives are marked by infidelity, alcoholism, and scandal, Edwardian England fades into the First World War and the young men and women – damaged by war and caught in the wake of a rapidly changing society – strive for a future in the shadow of the rise of Nazi Germany . . . A sumptuous, multi-generational saga and immaculately rendered period piece, Weatherley Parade’ s sprawling cast of children and eccentrics is full of all the charm and character of Just William.

Product details

• Authors: Richmal Crompton
• Publisher: Bello
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2017
• EAN: 9781509859504
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-5950-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, First World War fiction, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)