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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear

A Biography of A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    5 January 2027

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Summary

In this book, Gyles Brandreth both explores the phenomenon of Winnie-the-Pooh and tells the remarkable story of A A Milne, a playwright, a crime writer, a poet, a polemicist and humorist.

This is both a book about Winnie-the-Pooh - his genesis, his life across a hundred years, the essence of Pooh’s special philosophy and the reasons for his worldwide popularity - and the intimate biography of three generations of an unusual, fascinating and troubled family who knew fame and fortune, f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241582558
ISBN-10:0241582555
Author:Gyles Brandreth
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:5 January 2027
Weight:308g
Dimensions:28mm x 130mm x 198mm
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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear by Gyles Brandreth - ISBN: 9780241582558
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Critics Review

A comprehensive portrait of Milne , going all the way back to Alan Alexander’s idyllic childhood. An enchanted world of childhood happiness : that’s the power of Winnie-the-Pooh , and that’s why it will live on for another hundred years * The Times *

About The Author

Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, and former MP and Government Whip. His many books include the bestselling poetry anthology, Dancing by the Light of the Moon, and the international bestseller about spelling and punctuation, Have You Eaten Grandma?

With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes with Purple. Gyles presents Great Canal Journeys on Channel 4 with Dame Sheila Hancock and regularly appears on Celebrity Gogglebox with Dame Maureen Lipman.

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