I'm virtually certain this is one of Katherine Oldmeadow's 'Princess' stories (eg Princess Anne, Princess Candida, Princess Charming etc). I know it isn't...
I have all of the Oldmeadow books, so I'll check them out to see if any of them fit your description. Pamela ... From: Gill To: CBandM@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
OK, I won't chek - I should have read the latest messages. Glad you found it! On the subject of children's books, does anyone know the name of the book where a...
I am looking for some stories by Constance Savery that were published in the Allied Newspapers' "Happy Annual" around 1935. While I would prefer to buy ac opy...
The Happy Annual (Manchester: Allied Newspapers Ltd., 128 pp, 1937 or 1938, cover illus. ? R. Steele, hc). Cover has boy magician in red shirt waving wand...
*** GET WRITING! *** Here's an opportunity for parents - would you like to write a story for your child but don't know where to start? BBC Wales is offering...
John Buchan Day at the Cheltenham Literary Festival As particular specialists in this author's works, Avonworld Books will be showing at a special and unique...
Barbara Cooper
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Oct 4, 2006 11:52 pm
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Exploring 20th Century London - New Web site A new website has been launched creating an online encyclopaedia telling the story of 20th century London. ...
Barbara Cooper
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Oct 4, 2006 11:56 pm
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While on the subject of John Buchan - I have heaps of his books, but can anyone recommend a good one to start with. I've just read all of Anna Buchan's books ...
... Well, you couldn't do better than to start with 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'. This will give you the flavour of vintage Buchan, with his fast-paced narrative,...
I agree, Prester John was probably my favourite adventure story of all the ones I've read. Mind you, it's about 40 years since I read it - if I read it again...
Thanks for the recommendations! I've pulled out my copy of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' - and it's one of those great vintage Pan paperbacks (those books are ...
... Yes, I've been collecting them for about a year now. I only have a couple of hundred but I only buy them at garage sales & op shops, it's the thrill of the...
... Yes, it is splendid - a great yarn, set mainly in Turkey. I bought a second-hand Nelson Classics edition of it to take with me on a trip to Turkey. It's...
The Island of Sheep has a wonderful chase by car - Buchan is so good at chases. Margaret...
Margaret Walker
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Oct 6, 2006 8:57 am
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I have umpteen boxes of books in the garage (we used to get 2 cars in there, now it would be hard to get a push bike in!), & I was sure there were some JBs in...
John le Carre has a character in his latest book "The Mission Song",whom the reviewer in "The Spectator" " is Sandy Arbuthnot reborn. I first read Greenmantle...
... Sure, there're disparaging remarks about Jews in Buchan's writing, but these issue from the mouths of unsympathetic characters. There's a prime example at...
It seems forgotten now, what an outstanding guy John Buchan was all-round, not only as a novelist. Buchan became Baron Tweedsmuir and was one of the best...
... From: John Miller Crawford To: CBandM@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: [CBandM] Re: John Buchan books ... This is an...
Hi John, Long time no hear from ... my computer has had a major brain haemorrhage and I don't know if you sent me a note and I missed it. Have been "off the...
Anne Murphy
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Oct 11, 2006 11:22 am
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Moving back into the 19th Century boys' papers and 'bloods', I'm about to list on eBay and can't find info anywhere apart from ...
This just arrived from the UK. Our best wishes to Betula for a speedy recovery. Barbara X John ... Dear Topsy-Turvy Customers, News About Betula GGBP books ...
