William the Conqueror
By (Author) Richmal Crompton
Illustrated by Thomas Henry
Illustrated by Joe Berger
Introduction by Charlie Higson
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Books
5th January 2016
14th January 2016
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.912
Paperback
336
Width 131mm, Height 185mm, Spine 19mm
220g
William is always in trouble but sometimes it really isn't his fault. It was Ginger who showed him the book about Robin Hood, and it was Violet Elizabeth Bott's idea to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Unfortunately the only rich person they know is Violet's father, so William's latest plan to right the world's wrongs is sure to lead to catastrophe . . . In William the Conqueror everyone's favourite trouble-maker, William Brown, is back in a collection of 14 Just William stories - now with a brand-new cover look illustrated by Joe Berger. There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922. Now with a brand new cover look.
Richmal Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890. The first story about William Brown appeared in Home magazine in 1919, and the first collection of William stories was published in book form three years later. In all, thirty-eight William books were published, the last one in 1970, after Richmal Crompton's death.