Literary Buckinghamshire

Literary Buckinghamshire
Author: Paul Wreyford
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2008-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 075095342X

Poet John Betjemen was not the only scribe 'beckoned out to lanes in beechy Bucks'. Many of the country's most famous writers shared his fondness for the county and sought solace within its boundaries. John Milton came here to escape the plague in London; Enid Blyton fled the capital's increasing development, while D.H. Lawrence and his German wife took refuge on the outbreak of the First World War. Running along Buckinghamshire's southern border is the Thames, where Jerome K. Jerome, Percy Shelley and Kenneth Grahame enjoyed 'messing about in boats'.

The Best Books

The Best Books
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1912
Genre: Best books
ISBN:

The Story of Holly and Ivy

The Story of Holly and Ivy
Author: Rumer Godden
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1509805060

It is Christmas Eve and, for the toys in Mr Blossom's shop, it is their last chance to be sold. Holly, a small doll dressed especially for Christmas, wishes hard for her own special child. But the day ends and Holly is left in the window. On Christmas morning a little lost orphan girl finds herself outside the toyshop. Ivy has never had a doll to love, but when she sees Holly, she knows at once that this doll is meant specially for her. But Ivy has no money, and the shop is closed . . . The Story of Holly and Ivy is a Christmas classic by Rumer Godden, beautifully illustrated by Christian Birmingham.