Malcolm Saville war ein englischer Autor, der vor allem für seine fesselnden Kinderbücher, insbesondere die Lone-Pine-Reihe, bekannt ist. Seine Erzählungen legen großen Wert auf die Schauplätze und bieten lebendige Beschreibungen der englischen Landschaft, Dörfer und Städte. Saville erfasst meisterhaft die atmosphärische Essenz der Landschaft und macht sie zu einem zentralen Element seines Geschichtenerzählens.
The Jillions did not check the weather forecast before going to the village of Sallowby just outside Ely.This story recalls Hereward the Wake and his resistance to the Norman invasion. More immediately the Fens are invaded by flooding. The story accurately portrays the storms of 1947. The illustrations are based on photographs taken during the resulting Great Fen Floods.
A collection of all known short stories by Malcolm Saville, including three which were originally published as books, though two were very short and the other not a very long one. The stories are:Rosemary for RemembranceThe Soldier’s GardenThe Arts of War in a GardenStonewall JacksonThe Flowers Must StayMy Gardener I – SmithsonMy Gardener II – CharlieMy Gardener III – MeadowsJohn and Jennifer at the FarmHarvest HolidayThe Flower-show HatSecret in the MistBut This Family Learnt Its lessonWhere the Bus StoppedThe Thin Grey Man
The first edition since 1946, with full colour illustrations throughout. Malcolm Saville's classic 1946 novel is about eleven-year old Jane's discovery of nature and country life during a year spent convalescing on her uncle's farm, after having been dangerously ill in post-war London.
1963. First Edition Thus. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild warping to covers. Mild tanning to spine. Small stain to rear board.
Those charming Malcolm Saville characters, the Jillies - Mandy, Pru and Tim - together with Guy and Mark, run into an exciting adventure near Penrith.The train they are in is snowbound, but even before this a series of curious events arouses their suspicions and they get on the trail of something very, very crooked.They leave the train, and after that it is adventure fast - and at times furious - in the midst of snowy hills. Mandy and Guy are beginning to have a tender little romance, too, and Strangers at Snowfell is altogether thrilling and delightful.
The sixth Marston Baines adventure and just as exciting ...
The fifth Marston Baines thriller, set in Brittany.
Jillies No 2The Jillies' adventure is in London's Dockland. They rescue Belinda from her kidnappers. Jilly Day and Chris Giles have written introductions to Two Fair Plaits.
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