I just re read this book ,i've had it since it came out in 2004 .It's a great book it tells the story of Bill Tuer or Billy-lad , a gamekeeper's son who along with his dad Ted Tuer and HRH Edward prince of Wales ,who went on to be king ,with them getting up to such antics as poaching salmon , and the neighbouring estates pheasants ,it then follows Billy -lad from Levens hall, Westmorland onto Rattlinghope ,Shropshire. Where Billy-lad tells us such stories as holding his teacher's cat to ransom to rat catching with his terrier at the local farms , along the way teaching us some old country