Les Tres Riches Heures de Mrs Mole
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Les Tres Riches Heures de Mrs Mole by Ronald Searle
47 jewel-like drawings by Ronald Searle made for his wife, Monica, each time she underwent chemotherapy.Ronald Searle, CBE, RDI, was born in Cambridge in 1920. He is best known as the creator of St Trinian’s school and the Molesworth series (with Geoffrey Willans). He started drawing at the age of 5 and left school at the age of 15. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was sent to the Kwai jungle, to work on the Siam-Burma Death Railway. Liberated in 1945, he returned to England, with over 300 drawings that survived, many of which were published in the moving To the Kwai and Back. He married Kaye Webb, founder of Puffin Books, in 1947. In 1961 he moved to Paris and later married Monica Koenig. Since 1975, they have lived and worked in the mountains of Haute Provence. In 2007 he was decorated with France’s highest award, the Legion d’Honneur and in 2009 he received the German Order of Merit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007449101 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007449100 |
| Title | Les Tres Riches Heures de Mrs Mole |
| Author | Ronald Searle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2011-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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