Author of highly acclaimed biographies of Kenneth Grahame and Hans Christian Anderson, Alison Prince has also written many children's books, as well as being an accomplished artist and poet. In addition she is celebrated for her children's television programmes, particularly
Trumpton with its popular catch-phrase 'Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew ...' She lives in Scotland on the Isle of Arran.
The Wind in the Willows needs no introduction - children have enjoyed the exploits of its characters for generations. Few would guess that its author, Kenneth Grahame, was a tortured soul. Marriage to the predatory Elspeth Thomson, when both seemed destined for the single life, was...
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