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The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

A Book by Peter Maughan


When Humph, short-order cook from the Bronx, inherits a title and run-down estate he decides to make a killing by turning into a sort of theme park of..
The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Batch Magna finds itself with a short-order cook from the Bronx as its new squire, and the liveliest battle between America and England since the War ..
The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Batch Magna, slumbering the centuries away on is river, is threatened by the cold wind of commerce blowing from beyond the hills of its valley.
Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Humphrey and Clem marry and plan their future at Batch Hall - a future which soon threatens to be short lived.
Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Clem and Humphrey marry - and their troubles begin.
The Batch Magna Caper

The Batch Magna Caper

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


A gang of crooks from Birmingham pull off a wages snatch in the Welsh Marches, and then run into Batch Magna.
The Batch Magna Caper

The Batch Magna Caper

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


A gang of crooks from Birmingham pull off a wages snatch in the Welsh Marches, and then run into Batch Magna.
Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

Sir Humphrey at Batch Hall

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Humphrey and Clem marry - and the struggle to survive begins.
Man Overboard

Man Overboard

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


One of the houseboats on the estate's stretch of the river is turned back into a working paddle steamer to help with the estate's finances.
The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

The Cuckoos of Batch Magna

A Chapter by Peter Maughan


Humph, erstwhile short-order cook from the Bronx, arrives in Batch Magna as Sir Humphrey, the 9TH baronet and squire of this March, with a wad of evic..