H. E. Bates was born in 1905 in the shoe-making town of Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and as a clerk in a leather warehouse. His most popular creation was the Larkin family which featured in five novels beginning with The Darling Buds of May in 1958. The later television adaptation was a huge success. He was awarded a CBE in 1973, shortly before his death in 1974.

A picture of the bomber pilot as near to the truth as we on the outside are likely to get

• A Note from the FamilyForeword by Patrick BishopIt’s Never in the PapersThere’s No Future in ItThe Young Man from KalgoorlieIt’s Just the Way It IsThe Sun Rises TwiceNo Trouble at AllA Personal WarK for KittyThe Greatest People in the WorldMacIntyre’s Magna ChartaThe Beginning of ThingsLi TaleThe DisinheritedSorry, No SaccharineSergeant CarmichaelO’Callaghan’s GirlYours Is the EarthMorning VictoryFree Choice, Free WorldHere We Go AgainThere’s Something in the AirHow Sleep the BraveCroix de GuerreAdditional StoriesFishersHappy Christmas NastashyaThe BellFrom This Time ForwardThe Three Thousand and One Hours of Sergeant KostekGlossary of R.A.F. SlangA Note on the Author

H. E. Bates was born in 1905 in the shoe-making town of Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and as a clerk in a leather warehouse. His most popular creation was the Larkin family which featured in five novels beginning with The Darling Buds of May in 1958. The later television adaptation was a huge success. He was awarded a CBE in 1973, shortly before his death in 1974.

A picture of the bomber pilot as near to the truth as we on the outside are likely to get

• A Note from the FamilyForeword by Patrick BishopIt’s Never in the PapersThere’s No Future in ItThe Young Man from KalgoorlieIt’s Just the Way It IsThe Sun Rises TwiceNo Trouble at AllA Personal WarK for KittyThe Greatest People in the WorldMacIntyre’s Magna ChartaThe Beginning of ThingsLi TaleThe DisinheritedSorry, No SaccharineSergeant CarmichaelO’Callaghan’s GirlYours Is the EarthMorning VictoryFree Choice, Free WorldHere We Go AgainThere’s Something in the AirHow Sleep the BraveCroix de GuerreAdditional StoriesFishersHappy Christmas NastashyaThe BellFrom This Time ForwardThe Three Thousand and One Hours of Sergeant KostekGlossary of R.A.F. SlangA Note on the Author

H. E. Bates was born in 1905 in the shoe-making town of Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and as a clerk in a leather warehouse. His most popular creation was the Larkin family which featured in five novels beginning with The Darling Buds of May in 1958. The later television adaptation was a huge success. He was awarded a CBE in 1973, shortly before his death in 1974.

A picture of the bomber pilot as near to the truth as we on the outside are likely to get

• A Note from the FamilyForeword by Patrick BishopIt’s Never in the PapersThere’s No Future in ItThe Young Man from KalgoorlieIt’s Just the Way It IsThe Sun Rises TwiceNo Trouble at AllA Personal WarK for KittyThe Greatest People in the WorldMacIntyre’s Magna ChartaThe Beginning of ThingsLi TaleThe DisinheritedSorry, No SaccharineSergeant CarmichaelO’Callaghan’s GirlYours Is the EarthMorning VictoryFree Choice, Free WorldHere We Go AgainThere’s Something in the AirHow Sleep the BraveCroix de GuerreAdditional StoriesFishersHappy Christmas NastashyaThe BellFrom This Time ForwardThe Three Thousand and One Hours of Sergeant KostekGlossary of R.A.F. SlangA Note on the Author