A P Herbert (1890-1971) was one of Britain’s greatest comic writers, who specialised in writing for Punch, where the Topsy letters first appeared. He had a long career as a Member of Parliament and lawyer, during which he was a savage critic of obsolete British laws.
12 电子书 A. P. Herbert
A. P. Herbert: The Secret Battle
The Secret Battle is a novel by A. P. Herbert, first published in 1919. The book draws upon Herbert’s experiences as a junior infantry officer in the First World War, and has been praised for its acc …
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A. P. Herbert: Secret Battle
Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH (usually writing as A. P. Herbert or A. P. H.; 24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971) was an eng humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist. He was an independe …
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A.P. Herbert: General Cargo
In this collection of essays, articles and sketches, A P Herbert reveals a world that is long-since past. Through his preoccupations and criticisms, opinions and hopes we are introduced to the though …
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A.P. Herbert: House By The River
When Stephen Byrne strangled his housemaid in a fit of rage to silence her screams, he felt no compulsion to admit his crime and pay for his misdemeanour. Instead he enlisted the help of his friend t …
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A.P. Herbert: Light Articles Only
In this amusing collection of articles and essays, A P Herbert ponders the world around him in his own inimitable style. Witty, droll and a respecter of no man, the admirable APH provides a series of …
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A.P. Herbert: Look Back And Laugh
On his seventieth birthday, A P Herbert celebrated fifty years of writing for Punch- and published a collection of his best, his funniest, his naughtiest and his most daring essays and sketches. And …
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A.P. Herbert: Man About Town
The Man About Town is a hilarious collection of musings, essays and sketches from the admirable and ever-versatile A P Herbert. As our noble author ponders on such terrible quandaries as which club t …
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A.P. Herbert: Mild And Bitter
‘In Utopia, Perfect Place Everything s exactly right;No one s virtuous or base, There is neither Day nor Night.But where everything is right Nothing s left for which to fight So goes A P Herbert s vi …
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A.P. Herbert: Number Nine
Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Caraway and Stoke is, as one might expect being an Admiral, a man of the sea. In fact, so much so that for him, all the world’s a ship, and all the men and women mere …
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A.P. Herbert: Old Flame
Robin Moon finds Phyllis rather a distraction in the Sunday morning service – after all her golden hair does seem to shine rather more brightly than the Angel Gabriel’s heavenly locks. His wife, Ange …
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A P Herbert: The Voluble Topsy
In the late 1920s Topsy is a girl about town, a society deb, a dashing flapper. She writes breathless, exuberant letters to her best friend Trix about her life, her parties, her intrigues, and the me …
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Sapper & John Buchan: Voices from the Trenches: 40 First World War Novels
Voices from the Trenches: 40 First World War Novels is dedicated to the sacrifice and courage of the veterans and fallen heroes of World War I. The goal of this anthology is to capture the profound e …
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