Gyles Brandreth

Next year marks the centenary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the best-selling children’s books of all time. Best-selling biographer and Petworth favourite Gyles Brandreth knew the real Christopher Robin and his new book is both an intimate and revealing biography of A A Milne and a fascinating exploration of fathers and sons, children and their parents, and the nature of childhood itself.  

Brandreth unveils much about Milne, a playwright, crime writer, poet, polemicist, humorist, as well as  the man who created Winnie-the-Pooh - a character beloved by millions - his special philosophy and the reasons for both Milne’s and Pooh’s worldwide popularity.