Book description
‘If all girls are like that -’ said William. ‘Well, when you think of
all the hundreds of girls there must be in the world - well, it makes
you feel sick.’ William’s natural desire to do the right thing leads him
into serious trouble, as usual, and when blackmail and kidnapping are
involved, it’s no surprise. Even when he turns over a new leaf, the
consequences are dire. But it’s his new neighbour Violet Elizabeth Bott
who really causes chaos - and no one will believe that it’s not
William’s fault . . . 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.
