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Ann at Highwood Hall
  • Published: 15 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9781609807436
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $36.00

Ann at Highwood Hall

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A classic children's book of verse by Robert Graves evokes the world of Victorian England.

Boisterous, witty, and enchanting, this collection of children's poems by Robert Graves--with iconic drawings by Edward Ardizzone--will delight any young reader. First published over 50 years ago, this is a faithful reproduction of the 1964 original that was published in the United States and Great Britain.

Seven poems evoke the world of Victorian England and include the story of Ann, "the third-but-youngest child of seventeen" who runs away to live at a duke's palace; a valentine in verse; a battle of words lost in translation between King George II and the Chinese Emperor; a bedside visit to a little girl from her doctor; and a lively argument between young Caroline and Charles that sounds a lot like 21st-century banter between children.

Ann at Highwood Hall will thrill scholars of Robert Graves, collectors of classic children's books, illustrators, historians... and poetry lovers of all ages.
  • Published: 15 April 2017
  • ISBN: 9781609807436
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $36.00
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About the author

Robert Graves

Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.
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Praise for Ann at Highwood Hall

"Robert Graves is a Renaissance figure, among the most generous, self-willed, unseemly and brilliant writers of our century." --New York Times