Richmal Crompton: The Woman Behind William

Biographies & Memoirs

CADOGAN, Mary

Travelers & Explorers

HarperCollins, Publishers

Probes the genre of detective fiction to examine the changing roles of women as author, victim, and investigator

The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Craig, Patricia

History & Criticism

St Martins Pr

Scruffy, exuberant, incorrigible, William Brown has been a hero for children - and adults - for generations. Richmal Crompton created William Brown just over 70 years ago as a pot-boiler, but his instant and enduring success kept her writing about him for five decades, creating around him a vivid world of events, relationships and places with wonderfully engaging, obnoxious or eccentric characters. The "William" stories occupy 38 books; "The William Companion" provides an A-Z of characters, themes and background to the whole saga. The plots and incidents from many of the stories are described with atmospheric and amusing studies of hundreds of characters. The book will guide readers old and new through the highways and byways of Richmal Crompton's stories. Mary Cadogan co-authored with Pat Craig, "You're A Brick, Angela".

The William Companion

Pan/Macmillan

Women with Wings is a perceptive and highly entertaining celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts.For decades female aviators had to defy social prejudices despite having achieved remarkable feats of skill and endurance. From 1910, women pilots in America performed death-defying stunts, and in England during the 1920s, a clutch of aristocratic flyers were flipping from continent to continent in their private planes. By the 1930s women had produced an abundance of record-makers––Amy Johnson, Amelia Earhart, Jean Batten and Beryl Markham among them. The Second World War recruited British and American women to ferry fighters and bombers from factories and airfields, and produced some outstanding pilots from Germany and Russia. Post-war developments included long-distance record flights and the growth of opportunity in commercial and military flight and in space exploration.As well as charting women's progress in aviation, Women with Wings considers fictional images of female flyers in comic-strips, magazines, books-from girls' adventure tales to romances. This book is both amusing and enlightening in its research on the determination and struggles of women to fly.

Women with wings: female flyers in fact and fiction

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

Macmillan

Henry, Thomas

Richmal Crompton's William is known to those who have never even read the books featuring his anarchic exploits. His name has become a synonym for scruffy, adventurous and exuberant boyhood, but little is known of his creator, who always shunned the limelight. This book provides a biographical picture of a witty and talented writer and a celebration of her works. The book features photographs of Crompton and her family as well as Thomas Henry's original illustrations of William and "The Outlaws".

The Woman Behind William: A Life of Richmal Crompton

Children's Books

Following on from the success of the paperback, Countdown to Christmas is now available in an enhanced hardback format. With a stylish new binding and an extra 50 pages of exciting alternative dishes this revised edition includes all the recipes and advice readers need to create the perfect stress-free Christmas. Christmas is traditionally a time for relaxing but the preparations can leave you feeling exhausted. With this in mind, Good Food Magazine, along with some of the nation's favourite TV chefs, have compiled this 12-week countdown. This mouth-watering collection of recipes includes traditional dishes as well as refreshing new ideas. The book guides you week-by-week through a series of dishes that can be stored or frozen until you are ready to use them.

Countdown to Christmas

BBC Books

Whether you’re looking for a snack for tea, or that perfect cake for a special occasion, Good Food: 101 Cakes and Bakes serves up a collection of tasty treats.

Good Food: 101 Cakes & Bakes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Baking

Good Food: Christmas Made Easy

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