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5 reviews
William Horwood

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1993

The most life changing book I have ever read!
The Six Duncton books changed my life. William Horwood is the most amazing writer I have ever come across. These books have made me laugh, and cry in floods of tears. I've felt the pain and happiness of each and every mole in these books. I have just read the fifth book and am about to start the six. How someone can claim that this defiles the Christian religion is Rubbish, it is the Gospel ...

Duncton Tales

6 reviews
William Horwood

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1991

Best book you could possibly read
All of William Horwood's books are powerful and filling you with such an urge to go fourth and read more. You certaintly aren't wasting any time picking up this book, Duncton Tales.I love how the moles will die under the Stone, how they would rather fall into their blood than see their beloved faith - Stone, be mistreated. I enjoyed how they set in the mole's religion perfectly, to me. I hope ...

The Stonor Eagles

7 reviews
William Horwood

Franklin Watts, 1982

If possible, even better than Duncton.
Intelligent, thought provoking, I was unable to put this book down. The depth of character and understanding and ability to put these forward in a truly awesome literary work was not a work of fiction, more like the creation of an alternative universe. This man, who's Duncton Wood series escalated the entire genre to the highest form of art has merged two worlds into an altogether new one. I ...

Callanish

2 reviews
William Horwood

Franklin Watts, 1984

His best.
Simple, but glorious, the flight of the Stonor Eagles finds its true path in the author's shortest, yet most satisfying novel, telling of the barbarism of the zoo, for all its fugitives. Paul Simon sang it, and the echo drones like Schubert from this book, until, unlike the hapless composer, freedom comes. It seems many haven't bothered this author beyond Duncton, but they should not fear ...

Journeys to the Heartland (The Wolves of Time, Vol. 1)

22 reviews
William Horwood

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1996

Simply the best
I'm presently writing my PhD thesis on depictions of animals in modern popular texts, and as a result have read rather a lot of books over the last year or two which fall into this approximate sub-genre, which for want of a better term I'd call 'Animal Quest' novels. Put simply, Horwood's Wolves of Time series blow everything else I've read out of the water. It is very difficult for me to be in ...

Othello (The New Clarendon Shakespeare)

55 reviews
William Shakespeare

Oxford University Press, USA, 1975

WONDERFUL!
Though I am not a particular fan of Shakespearian work, I instantly fell in love wioth Othello. This play is one of the greatest things ever written. Never has a playwright combined love, extreme decpeption, jealousy, anger, and fear in a play like Shakespeare has in Othello. Even if you are not a fan of Shakespeare, I highlky recommend this play. If you do not wish to read the play then ...

The Boy with No Shoes

2 reviews
William Horwood

Headline Review, 2005

Survival and triumph
This memoir of an abusive childhood is raw, and uplifting. Jimmy has his heroes as well as his demons and manages to find a place of safety in an alien and horrific world. This book is 'fictionalised biography', loosely based on Horwood's own childhood. In this book, I could recognise some of the imaginative writing evident in Horwood's other works. I recommend this book highly. Not so ...

Skallagrigg

1 review
William Horwood

Penguin Books Ltd, 2001

Easily makes my top five
I have always been a prolific reader and sometimes have as many as five books on the go at any one time, picking up the one which most suits my mood. This book is absolutely brilliant and so beautifully touches the emotions of the reader. It made me laugh and it made me cry. I cried often and long and deep. It is clear that William Horwood has been close to cerebal palsy and I found out, ...

THE WOLVES OF TIME 2 : Seekers at the Wulfrock

5 reviews
William Horwood

Harper Collins, 1998

Epic storytelling, with real heart
If I have a few criticisms of the final volume of Wolves of Time; if I consider it a little less magnificent than its predecessor, don't be put off: it's still a majestic novel, filled with powerful characters, surging with emotion; unforgettable. I think what problems the book does have come from the fact thatWolves of Time was supposed to be a trilogy, but because of complex, infuriating ...

DUNCTON WOOD

58 reviews
William Horwood

Ballantine Books, 1984

Terrific
I find it difficult to reread a book, but I have read Duncton Wood three times and am beginning to reread the rest in the series. I had to order the books from Amazon UK a few years back, but I think now they might be out of print. Do what you can to find every book in the series. You won't be disappointed. I don't know what you can say to convince people to read these books, but they are worth ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (The New Clarendon Shakespeare)

4 reviews
William Shakespeare

Oxford University Press, USA, 1980

Perfect fun
This play by Shakespeare has had a tremendous influence. First it was trasnformed into an opera by Purcell under the title of The Fairy Queen. Second it was widely known in Germany at the time of Goethe, but under the title of The Walpurgis Night. Goethe himself alludes to it in Faust and composes his Walpurgis Night at the end of the Faust as the prolongation of the end of Shakespeare's play. ...

Duncton Quest (The Duncton Chronicles, Volume 3)

2 reviews
William Horwood

Arrow, 1989

Amazingly real
This book is a must-buy for a Horwood fan: rewarding yet disturbing in an epic way.

Toad Triumphant

1 review
William Horwood, Kenneth Grahame

DH Audio, 1996

Not as good as the first two
I thought the original Wind in the Willows and the sequel Willows in Winter were better executed than Toad Triumphant. Toad Triumphant is a little disjointed, the characterization a little unbelievable at times (e.g. mole's depression) and the story sags in parts (although things pick up with Horwood's clever ending). On the other hand, Patrick Benson deserves high marks for his excellent ...

The Willows and Beyond

11 reviews
William Horwood, Kenneth Grahame

Thomas Dunne Books, 1998

Brilliant Denouement
Powerful conclusion to the loosely nicknamed Tales of the Willows series that began with Kenneth Grahame's original classic The Wind in the Willows and was followed up by the just as fantastic sequels by William Horwood (The Willows at Christmas, The Willows in Winter, Toad Triumphant and this book). Readers should definitely pick up Horwood's earlier volumes as this is very much the ...

The Willows at Christmas

1 review
William Horwood

Thomas Dunne Books, 2001

'tis the season to believe...
This Christmas, just last week, I read this final installment in the continuing series of books by William Horwood. I've read his other three, and of course, Grahame's endearing and unforgettable template. This one, The Willows At Christmas leaves me wishing that there were more of the stories to read. I am old. But these stories refresh me, and rekindle the youngster in me. All that Mole ...

Duncton Rising (Book of Silence)

5 reviews
William Horwood

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1992

O finks dat dis bukk beez bluddy brillyint!
O as red dis bukk, even tho O ad diffikulty acoz O beez a mowle. Howevva, O didd manidge et! O thort et woz gurtly gudd! Privet woz my great grandmother. O duz rekomend dis bukk to enny utha mowles.

Callanish
William Horwood

Penguin, 1985

The Willows in Winter

7 reviews
William Horwood

Chivers Audio Books, 1993

Doesn't miss a beat...
What bothered me most about "The Wind In The Willows" (that it ENDED)... is here resolved! From the first line "The Mole sat toasting his toes in front of the fire" I was glad to be once again in the presence of these unforgettable Edwardian animal bachelors. In my estimation, Horwood has done a superb job of capturing again the spirit of the River Bank. Apparently, he was inspired after ...

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