Description: A beautiful gift edition of Just William featuring original illustrations by Thomas Henry and a foreword by Roddy Doyle.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes:
"Crompton's voice is dry, wry and ironic, in a style that you could say echoes Evelyn Waugh's . . . The Just William stories are, above all, funny" --Michael Deacon, Telegraph
"What's funniest about William is when he's thumbing his nose at authority" --David Barnett, Independent