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History - British Genre
Books in the History - British genre:
The Bounty Trilogy (1940)
An omnibus edition of Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn’s Island.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Road to Bordeaux (1940)
An account of the evacuation of casualties of the fighting in northern France through Bordeaux.
Author(s):
Douglas Cooper
Denis Freeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Baggage to the Enemy (1941)
An account of the war artist’s escape during the debacle of June 1940.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Botany Bay (1941)
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Commoners’ New Forest (1943)
An historical and practical guide to the New Forest and the rights of those who live in it.
Author(s):
F. E. Kenchington
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Story of England (1943)
A short illustrated history of England for young readers.
Author(s):
Helen Arbuthnot
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Clover Magic (1944)
Elizabeth and her sister Jane meet the great ladies of English history, including Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale, thanks to Titania and the Magic Clover.
Author(s):
Victoria Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Commodore Hornblower (1945)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws (1946)
Robin Hood and his merry men make life difficult for the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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Author(s):
J. Walker McSpadden
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Song of Robin Hood (1947)
Author(s):
Grace Castagnetta
Anne Malcolmson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Kidnapped (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Robin Hood (1948)
This version of the Robin Hood legends was first published in 1912.
Author(s):
Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Back to the Local (1949)
A collection of essays on the changes in the pub scene wrought by the Second World War.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Magic Broom (1950)
Jane and Elizabeth welcome time-traveling visitors to their play house.
Author(s):
Victoria Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1950)
Richard Hannay has returned to England from Rhodesia and is immediately embroiled in a German plot to steal British military secrets.
Author(s):
John Buchan
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Armourer’s House (1951)
When her grandmother dies, Tamsyn is sent to London. There, she meets a strange old Wise Woman.
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Enter David Garrick (1951)
A biography of the eighteenth century British actor-manager.
Author(s):
Anna Bird Stewart
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Londoners (1951)
A social history of London mid twentieth century.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Queen Elizabeth (1951)
A biography of “Good” Queen Bess, intended for elementary schools.
Author(s):
Jeannette Covert Nolan
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Showmen and Suckers (1951)
A survey of popular entertainment from high class to low.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone