The Jacaranda Tree

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

This is H. E. Bates’s acclaimed novel about Burma. During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice mill, organiz...

The Nature Of Love

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

169p. ; 19 cm Originally published, London: Joseph, 1953

Breath Of French Air

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

The second in the Darling Buds of May series sees the Larkin family head to France. After a gloomy welcome at their hotel and a series of almost inevitable culture clashes Pa Larkin eventually mana...

The Golden Oriole

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

Five stories which explore the wilder shores of love and loneliness as experienced by unremarkable men and women living out their lives in small towns and rural villages of England.

The Wedding Party

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

"The Wedding Party," first published in 1965 (Michael Joseph), is a collection of short stories evoking both the dark and light, and the comedy and tragedy in human nature. Bates employs a deceptiv...

The Distant Horns Of Summer

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

From the author of "Love for Lydia", this novel decribes James and his new 17 year old nanny, who enters his imaginary world. Trouble ensues when Mr. Ainsworth takes her attention away.

The Wild Cherry Tree

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

Ten stories evoking fantastic places and scenes. A pig farmer's wife secretly builds up a dazzling wardrobe to escape from squalor, a do-gooder is driven mad by two jaguar-belt sirens, and a woman...

DULCIMA

By H. E. Bates, H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

90p. ; 19 cm Originally published in 'The nature of love'. London: Joseph, 1953

SONG OF THE WREN

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates

127 pages ; 19 cm Originally published: London : Joseph, 1972

The Yellow Meads Of Asphodel

By H. E. Bates, Herbert Ernest Bates