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Books in the British genre:

The Young Hornblower (1964)

An omnibus containing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, Hornblower and the Hotspur and Hornblower and the Crisis.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

A Blow for Liberty (1965)

Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of “The True Patriot” to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Victor Mays

British Fairy Tales (1965)

This is the first part of Fairy Tales from the British Isles and is a collection of British fairy tales.

Author(s): Amabel Williams-Ellis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Bus Girls (1965)

Hetty has to start over at a new school and is not sure she really likes her new neighbor and classmate Davina.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Harold Berson
Eileen Green

The Castle of Yew (1965)

Joseph is pulled into a yew bush shaped as a castle chess piece and shrinks to lilliputian size He joins the owner of the castle in the adventure of living as the smallest creatures in the garden. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Margery Jean Gill

The Dirty Old Man: A Lay of Leadenhall (1965)

A poem about a reclusive hardware store owner who may have served as a model for Great Expectations.

Author(s): William Allingham
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Eileen of Redstone Farm (1965)

When Eileen shows up on the Kennedy children’s doorstep. she is home. And they have to take her in.

Author(s): Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s): Maureen Eckersley

Galahad at Blandings (1965)

Gally, as he is known to his friends, displays a sure hand in reuniting sundered hearts and fending off predatory old flames to bring peace once more to the sacred abode of the Empress of Blandings.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Grange at High Force (1965)

Three English boys and a retired admiral solve the mystery of the missing Lady statue.

Author(s): Philip Turner
Illustrator(s): William Papas

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1965

Hornblower Goes to Sea (1965)

This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower Takes Command (1965)

This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower Takes Command (1965)

This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

King Alfred the Great (1965)

A brief life of the famous English King who let the bannocks burn and got a clout on the ear.

Author(s): Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The King's Beard (1965)

Sixteen year old John Forrester sails with Sir Francis Drake in his daring raid on Cadiz.

Author(s): Leonard Wibberley
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Know about English Law (1965)

A primer for the non-lawyer on the operation of English law.

Author(s): Henry Cecil
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Milldale Riot (1965)

An elementary school reader.

Author(s): Freda P. Nichols
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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