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H. E. Bates (1905–1974)

Author of Fair Stood the Wind for France

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H.E. Bates wrote his wartime propaganda stories for the RAF under the pseudonym "Flying Officer X"

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Works by H. E. Bates
Fair Stood the Wind for France 439 copies, 9 reviews
The Darling Buds of May 399 copies, 11 reviews
Love for Lydia 309 copies, 4 reviews
The Purple Plain 202 copies, 1 review
A Breath of French Air 197 copies, 2 reviews
When the Green Woods Laugh 165 copies, 3 reviews
Oh! To Be in England 156 copies, 2 reviews
Feast of July 122 copies
A Little of What You Fancy 119 copies, 2 reviews
The Jacaranda Tree 117 copies, 2 reviews
The Pop Larkin Chronicles 94 copies, 2 reviews
The Darling Buds of May: The Pop Larkin Chronicles Books 1-3 89 copies
My Uncle Silas 87 copies, 3 reviews
The Four Beauties 77 copies
The Scarlet Sword 74 copies
The Triple Echo 72 copies, 1 review
The Wild Cherry Tree 68 copies, 2 reviews
A Moment in Time 63 copies
A Month by the Lake and Other Stories 58 copies, 1 review
The Sleepless Moon 55 copies
Seven by Five 55 copies, 1 review
Through the Woods 50 copies
The Grapes of Paradise 47 copies
The Song of the Wren 45 copies
The Nature of Love 44 copies, 2 reviews
Down the River 39 copies, 2 reviews
The Yellow Meads of Asphodel 36 copies, 2 reviews
Summertime [1955 film] (Screenwriter) 36 copies
Colonel Julian and Other Stories 34 copies
The Watercress Girl and Other Stories 31 copies, 1 review
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories 31 copies
Dulcima 30 copies
The Poacher 29 copies
The Fabulous Mrs. V. 28 copies
The Golden Oriole 27 copies
The Daffodil Sky 27 copies
In the Heart of the Country 26 copies
An Aspidistra in Babylon 26 copies, 1 review
The Wedding Party 25 copies
Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree and Other Stories 23 copies
The Vanished World: An Autobiography 22 copies
The Stories of Flying Officer 'X' 22 copies
The Distant Horns of Summer 21 copies
The Darling Buds of May: Book of the Seasons 20 copies, 1 review
Country Tales 20 copies
Death of a Huntsman 20 copies
A Party for the Girls: Six Stories 19 copies
Selected Stories 19 copies
A Crown of Wild Myrtle 18 copies
The Best of H.E. Bates: A Selection of Novels and Short Stories 18 copies
The Cruise of the Breadwinner 18 copies, 1 review
Blossoming World: An Autobiography 17 copies
A Tree Is For... 14 copies, 1 review
The Modern Short Story 14 copies
Charlotte's Row 13 copies
The Purple Plain [1954 film] (Writer) 13 copies, 2 reviews
The Country of White Clover 12 copies, 1 review
The World in Ripeness: An Autobiography 12 copies
The Darling Buds of May (Penguin Readers Level 3) 12 copies, 4 reviews
The Day of the Tortoise 12 copies, 1 review
The Bride Comes to Evensford 11 copies, 1 review
Sugar for the Horse 11 copies, 1 review
Catherine Foster 11 copies
O More Than Happy Countryman 11 copies, 1 review
The Fallow Land 10 copies
Castle in the Air 9 copies
Love of Flowers 9 copies
Achilles the Donkey 9 copies, 1 review
Spella Ho 9 copies
Day's End and Other Stories 9 copies, 1 review
Flying Bombs Over England 9 copies
A House of Women 9 copies
The Happy Countryman 8 copies
The Greatest People in the World and Other Stories 8 copies
How Sleep the Brave and Other Stories 8 copies
The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories 8 copies
The Face of England 8 copies
Cut and Come Again 8 copies
The Two Sisters 8 copies
The Flying Goat 7 copies
Dear Life 7 copies
Country Life 7 copies
Summer in Salandar 6 copies
Achilles and the Twins 6 copies
The Darling Buds of May 6 copies
Love Stories (Macmillan Readers) 6 copies, 1 review
The Complete Flying Officer X Stories 6 copies, 1 review
Fair Stood the Wind for France / The Purple Plain/ The Jacaranda Tree 6 copies
The Black Boxer Tales 5 copies
Edward Garnett 5 copies
There's Something in the Air 5 copies
The Complete Uncle Silas Stories 5 copies
Fountain of Flowers 5 copies
Achilles and Diana 5 copies
Something Short and Sweet 5 copies, 1 review
The Seasons & the Gardener, A Book for Children 4 copies, 1 review
Thirty-One Selected Tales 4 copies
The enchantress, and other stories 4 copies
H.E. Bates: An Autobiography 4 copies
The White Admiral 4 copies
Love in a Wych Elm and Other Stories 4 copies
The Country Heart 4 copies
The Ripening World 3 copies
The Hessian Prisoner 3 copies
More Tales of My Uncle Silas 3 copies
The Woman Who Had Imagination 3 copies
The Tinkers of Elstow 3 copies
Thirty tales 2 copies
A travers l'enfer 2 copies
Seven Tales and Alexander 2 copies
The Good Corn and Other Stories 2 copies
The Greater Omnibus of Private Books (Contributor) 2 copies
War Pictures by British Artists: R.A.F. No. 3 2 copies
Pastoral on Paper 2 copies
Flowers and Faces 2 copies
H.E. Bates's Collection The Larkins Family Set of 5 Books 2 copies
Give Them Their Life: Poetry 2 copies, 1 review
The Seekers 2 copies
Christmas 1930 2 copies
The Day of Glory 2 copies
Twenty Tales 2 copies
The Cruise of the Breadwinner and Dear Life 2 copies
Best of H. E. Bates 1 copy
L'aviateur anglais 1 copy
Never 1 copy
The Lily 1 copy
The Duet 1 copy
Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure. Vol… 1 copy
Time (Still Life) 1 copy
A Funny Thing 1 copy
H.E. Bates THE SLEEPLESS MOON The Companion Book Club London 1 copy
Sheep (Modern Emglish Short Stories) 1 copy
A Comic Actor (Modern English Short Stories) 1 copy
Six Stories (World's Classics) 1 copy
The Station 1 copy
Nejlepší příběhy o koních 1 copy
Daffodil Sky and Other Stories 1 copy
The Countryman : Summer 1972 (Containing All the Milkiness of May-time) 1 copy
De minnaar 1 copy
The Waterfall [short story] 1 copy
Why I Wrote that Book 1 copy
Lost World of Fancy 1 copy
Rutland, The Toy County 1 copy
Kent is My County 1 copy
Country and other Matters 1 copy
Sally Go Round the Moon 1 copy
The Poison Ladies and Other Stories 1 copy
The Spring Song and In View of the Fact That 1 copy
A Threshing Day 1 copy
Seven Tales 1 copy
The Last Bread 1 copy
Mrs. Esmond's Life 1 copy
Short Stories 1 copy
The Reader's Digest Omnibus 1 copy
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Also by H. E. Bates
The Oxford Book of Short Stories (Contributor) 439 copies, 3 reviews
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (Contributor) 159 copies, 4 reviews
The Fantastic Imagination (Contributor) 138 copies, 1 review
Escape-or die: authentic stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society (Introduction, some editions) 87 copies
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (Contributor) 56 copies
Love Stories (Contributor) 53 copies
Modern Short Stories (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
Modern English Short Stories (Contributor) 25 copies, 1 review
Gentle Like a Cyclone: Stories of Horses and Their Riders (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review
England forteller : britiske og irske noveller (Contributor) 9 copies
A Month by the Lake [1995 film] (Original story) 8 copies
The Mating Game [1959 film] (Original book) 8 copies
Readers Digest Condensed Books: Night Over Water; Loves Music, Loves to… 6 copies
Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Fantasy (Author) 4 copies
Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology (Contributor) 4 copies
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Canonical name
Legal name
Bates, Herbert Ernest
Other names
Flying Officer X
Date of birth
1905-05-16
Date of death
1974-01-29
Burial location
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Cremated
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Place of death
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Cause of death
Places of residence
Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Little Chart, Kent, England, UK
Education
Kettering Grammar School, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Occupations
reporter
clerk
RAF propagandist
writer
Relationships
Organizations
Awards and honors
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1973)
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Short biography
Disambiguation notice
H.E. Bates wrote his wartime propaganda stories for the RAF under the pseudonym "Flying Officer X"

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