The picture book

Jo Baker

earliest edition we have, 2011 W.F. Howes, 2012 550 pages

Set against the rolling backdrop of a century of British history from WWI to the War on Terror, this is a family portrait captured in snapshots. First there is William, the factory lad who loses his life in Gallipoli, then his son Billy, a champion cyclist who survives the D-Day Landings on a military bicycle, followed by his crippled son Will who becomes an Oxford academic in the 1960s, and finally his daughter Bill...

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Picture Book edition · 2012 · Portobello Books · 9781846273827
The picture book edition · 2012 · W.F. Howes · 550 pages · 9781407495545
The picture book edition · 2011 · Portobello · 452 pages · 9781846273810

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