Alan Bennett: The History Boys [2004] paperback Condition:New His mum sets out to

His mum sets out to seek revenge

and she struggles with the idea of living alone for the first time

Utterly gripping

is just as magical

were often seen as father and son

Alan Bennett: The History Boys [2004] paperback Condition:New His mum sets out toAn unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results; a history teacher who thinks he's a fool. In Alan Bennett's classic play, staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it; about education and its purpose. The History Boys