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A collection of letters from Roald Dahl to his mother, published to celebrate the centenary of his birth. The letters, full of jokes and madcap observations, shine a fresh light on Dahl's personality. From Dahl's official biographer Donald Sturrock, author of "Storyteller: The Life Of Roald Dahl".

Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs . . .'So begins the first letter that a nine-year-old Roald Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding-school headmaster. For most of his life, Roald Dahl would continue to write weekly letters to his mother, chronicling his adventures, frustrations and opinions, from the delights of childhood to the exci...

The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time, written with complete and exclusive access to the archives stored in the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.

A single-minded adventurer and an eternal child who gave us the iconic Willy Wonka and Matilda Wormwood, Roald Dahl lived a life filled with incident, drama and adventure: from his harrowing experiences as an RAF fighter pilot and his work in British intelligence, to his many romances and turbulent marriage to the actress Patricia Neal, to the mental anguish caused by the death of his young daughter Olivia. In "Storyteller, "the first authoriz...

The authorised biography of Roald Dahl, written with the cooperation of both Dahl's wives and his family. Sturrock was given unprecedented access to Dahl's substantial archives. 'A truly magnificent biography... a masterly account' A.N. Wilson