Ruskin Bond wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years old. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Ruskin Bond wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years old. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Ruskin Bond wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years old. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Ruskin Bond wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years old. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Ruskin Bond wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years old. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories and articles. Ruskin Bond received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. --

Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.

Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.