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The anarchic hero of many daring adventures, William, as depicted on our cover by Thomas Henry in one of his effective, humorous pen and ink illustrations, is now a period piece. A William de nos jours illustrated by Tony Ross and aimed at a younger audience stands alongside him. This new William will be featured in adaptations of the stories by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton, author of the William books, is the subject of this issue's Authorgraph. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.
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When we first meet Ted Foley, the hero of Martin Booth's novel, he is 14 years of age and a ship's boy aboard HMS Nomad. It is May 1916 and over the next 15 months he will witness the sinking of his ship, spend a period as prisoner of war in Germany and make elaborate plans for this escape. This sequence of events serves as subject for a narrative of considerable power, in which the warmth, humour and poignancy of Booth's portrayal of men (and boys) united in their loyalties and sense of purpose more than balances his picture of the degradations of prison camp life. The result is a 'war' story well beyond the usual achievements of the genre.
