"William Horwood, author of two other bestselling "sequels" to Kenneth Grahame's beloved classic, The Wind in the Willows (The Willows in Winter and Toad Triumphant), picks up where Grahame left off, with nary a misstep. The flavor and tone of his thrilling story, along with Patrick Benson's marvelous crosshatched illustrations, have done the impossible: brought Grahame's characters back to life. Like a river, time moves inexorably forwa ..."
Seekers Wulfrock(Updated) (The Wolves of Time, Vol. 2) by WilliamHorwood Paperback, 500 Pages, Published 1998 by Harper Collins Import ISBN-13: 978-0-00-649935-0, ISBN: 0-00-649935-X
"The wolves face the task of travelling deeper into the heart of their ancient homeland in the Tatra Mountains of Czechoslovakia."
""Water?" cried Toad, turning and turning about in his distress. "What can water do against the awful might of Mrs Ffleshe? Niagara Falls would not trouble her nor a regiment of Hussars subdue her! Arsenic would be as ambrosia to such a one as she, and a stake in the heart would merely be taken as encouragement." It's coming up to Christmas on the River Bank, and that domesticated culinary supremo, Mr. Mole of Mole End is disturb ..."
The Willows and Beyond(Updated) (Tales of the Willows) by WilliamHorwood, Patrick Benson Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1997 by Harpercollins Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-00-649639-7, ISBN: 0-00-649639-3
"William Horwood, author of two other bestselling "sequels" to Kenneth Grahame's beloved classic, The Wind in the Willows (The Willows in Winter and Toad Triumphant), picks up where Grahame left off, with nary a misstep. The flavour and tone of his thrilling story, along with Patrick Benson's marvellous crosshatched illustrations, have done the impossible: brought Grahame's characters back to life. Like a river, time moves inexorab ..."
"When young, inexperienced but very ambitious female reporter, Emily Strauss, blags her way into newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer's office, she comes away with a treacherous assignment: to discover what happened to Anna Zemeckis, one of ..."
"This dark and exciting historical novel marks the collaborative debut of two remarkable talents, the novelist William Horwood and historian Helen Rappaport.When young, inexperienced but very ambitious female reporter Emily Strauss bluffs her way into newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzerâ€Âs office, she comes away with a treacherous assignment: to find out what happened to Anna Zemeckis, one of many women who have disappeared during the 1 ..."
The Boy With No Shoes A Memoir by WilliamHorwood Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2005 by Gardners Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-1318-1, ISBN: 0-7553-1318-6
"Five-year-old Jimmy Rova is the unwanted child of a mother who rejects him, and whose other children bully him. The one thing he can call his own is a pair of shoes, a present from the only person he feels has ever loved him. When they are cruelly taken away, Jimmy spirals down into a state of loneliness and terrible loss from which there seems no recovery. This triumphant story of a boy's struggle with early trauma and his remarkable j ..."
The Boy with No Shoes by WilliamHorwood Hardcover, Published 2005 by Magna Large Print Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7505-2332-5, ISBN: 0-7505-2332-8
"The new story is set just after the original, but before Horwood's critically acclaimed "The Willows in Winter. It will give pleasure to the countless readers around the world who have reveled in each new work. Merry Christmas!"
"If, as contributor Donna Tartt writes, ‘the novel in its history and genesis is an emphatically secular art form: the product of a secular society, addressing primarily secular concerns’, how can there be any relationship between spirituality and narrative fiction? Are there any specific factors in the form of the novel and in modern culture generally which might make the novel an unsuitable medium for the exploration of religious exper ..."
The Pit Bull by WilliamHorwood Hardcover, Published 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton General Division ISBN-13: 978-0-450-48549-7, ISBN: 0-450-48549-8
"The twelve days of Christmas are fast approaching and Mole is planning to enjoy every one of them with his River Bank friends. So when the normally cheerful Toad despairs at the arrival of Mrs. Ffleshe, an impossibly rude houseguest who every year sets out to protect Toad from overindulgence, Mole must do something about it. But the plan he hatches with Ratty, Badger, and Otter goes horribly wrong. With the prospect of spending Chris ..."
"First in The Willows in Winter and then in Toad Triumphant, William Horwood returned to the idyllic setting of The Wind in the Willows and successfully brought back Kenneth Grahame's much-loved characters in two new bestselling tales. Now he brings to a triumphant conclusion one of the world's most popular stories. It began, long ago, when Mole abandoned his spring-cleaning and first met Ratty, Badger, Otter, and, of course, the exasp ..."
The Boy With No Shoes A Memoir - WilliamHorwood - Hardcover by WilliamHorwood, Bill Horwood Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2004 by Headline Book Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-1317-4, ISBN: 0-7553-1317-8
"Based on his own remarkable childhood in south-east England after the Second World War and using all the skills that went into the creation of his modern classics Duncton Wood, Skallagrigg and The Willows in Winter, Horwood has created an ..."
"This dark and exciting historical novel marks the collaborative debut of two remarkable talents, the novelist William Horwood and historian Helen Rappaport.When young, inexperienced but very ambitious female reporter Emily Strauss bluffs her way into newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer’s office, she comes away with a treacherous assignment: to find out what happened to Anna Zemeckis, one of many women who have disappeared during the 1893 ..."