The deeds and misdeeds of Uncle Silas, the rural reprobate, were renowned in the short stories H E Bates published in the 1930s.In this collection the stories are presented in full, accompanied by the original drawings by Edward Ardizzone that perfectly capture the little reed-thatched house atop a violet-banked lane.Over the course of ninety-five years Uncle Silas found the time to do most things: He boasted of the villains he had knocked to kingdom come as he boasted of the women whose hearts he had truly captured. Crotchety, vainglorious, occasionally wicked, he maintained a devilish spark of audacity which made him so attractive to everyone he met. (20010730)

My Uncle Silas - TV-Tie In

Literature & Fiction

H.E. Bates

Contemporary

Vintage Classics

How Sleep the Brave: The Complete Stories of Flying Officer "X"

Genre Fiction

Vintage

In Kashmir, a small expatriate community seek shelter from the fighting in a Catholic mission. But the tribesmen who sweep down from the hills are bent on rape and massacre. And the mission is in their path. For ten days, the inhabitants suffer occupation, before finally being liberated by the British Army. But even when surrounded by chaos and senseless destruction they still manage to find hope - in God, in action, in each other.

The Scarlet Sword

Penguin??Books

‘I should like to go to France,’ said Ma. ‘God Almighty,’ Pop said. ‘What for?’ ‘For a holiday of course,’ Ma said. ‘I think it would do us all good to get some sun.’ And so at the end of a rainy English August the Larkins – all ten of them, including little Oscar, the family’s new addition – bundle into the old Rolls and cross the Channel to escape the hostile elements. But far from being the balmy, sunny and perfick spot Ma Larkin hoped for, France proves less than welcoming to an eccentric English family. The tea’s weak, the furniture breakable and the hotel manager is almost as hostile as the wind and the rain they’ve brought with them! And when the manager learns that Ma and Pop are unmarried yet sharing a room under his roof, the trouble really begins …

Breath Of French Air

Penguin Uk

A Moment in Time

Penguin

Collection of thirteen short stories by H.E. Bates.

The Wedding Party

‘I should like to go to France,’ said Ma.  ‘God Almighty,’ Pop said. ‘What for?’  ‘For a holiday of course,’ Ma said. ‘I think it would do us all good to get some sun.’     And so at the end of a rainy English August the Larkins – all ten of them, including little Oscar, the family’s new addition – bundle into the old Rolls and cross the Channel to escape the hostile elements.  But far from being the balmy, sunny and perfick spot Ma Larkin hoped for, France proves less than welcoming to an eccentric English family. The tea’s weak, the furniture breakable and the hotel manager is almost as hostile as the wind and the rain they’ve brought with them! And when the manager learns that Ma and Pop are unmarried yet sharing a room under his roof, the trouble really begins …

A Breath of French Air

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The Darling Buds Of May (When the Green Woods Laugh)

‘Teetotal!’ Ma said. ‘It’s a libel. He’ll never live it down. He’ll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What’s he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?’   ‘ “No,” ‘ said Dr Conner.   ‘You’ll have to strap him down,’ Ma said. ‘You’ll have to put the handcuffs on.’   And so after a mild heart-attack – caused by rather too much of what you fancy – Pop Larkin finds himself off the booze, off the good food and off the good life generally, much to his own and everyone’s else’s horror and upset.    And while Ma tries to find ways around ‘doctor’s orders’, young Primrose is finding her own way round a rather flustered – not to say flushed – Mr Candy …

A Little of What You Fancy (Film/Tv Tie-in Series)

Achilles the Donkey

Children's Books

Franklin Watts

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