Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear
A Biography of A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh
$46.80
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2025
Summary
In his new book, Gyles Brandreth both explores - and explains - the phenomenon of Winnie-the-Pooh and tells the remarkable story of A A Milne, a playwright, 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 fortun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241582541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241582547 |
| Author: | Gyles Brandreth |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 161mm x 36mm |
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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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