Kenneth Grahame

by Alison Prince

Book Overview

The Wind in the Willows needs no introduction - children have enjoyed the exploits of its characters for generations. Few would guess that its author, Kenneth Grahame, was a tortured soul. Marriage to the predatory Elspeth Thomson, when both seemed destined for the single life, was a shared fantasy of invented truth. Out of that union came a catastrophically spoiled son, 'mouse', for whom that greatest of children's stories was written. It was the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571253709
• ISBN13: 9780571253708
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"