num_pages: 95
description: Three illustrated scripts from the classic 70s TV comedy by ex-Pythons Palin and Jones, told in the style of Edwardian adventure stories.In Whinfrey's Last Case, the famous detective is on holiday in Cornwall when strange things start happening. Little does he know, the Germans have secretly started the Great War a year early.In Golden Gordon, set in 1935, a Yorkshire football fanatic tries to revive the lost glories of Barnstoneworth United.In Roger of the Raj, a young Englishman faces a changing world and is forced into the most despicable act known to the British Army.
language: English
title: More Ripping Yarns
titlecomplete: More Ripping Yarns
characters: Gordon Ottershaw, Gerald Whinfrey, Roger Bartlesham
genres: Comedy, Humor
ratings_count: 40
places: Yorkshire, England, London, England, Cornwall, England, Punjab
publisher: Random House Inc (T)