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You will enjoy this book if you like short stories you can finish in one sitting, and if you enjoy a new voice and a new place every few pages.
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What does a boy do with a stolen pistol, a curate with a bronze parrot, or a ghost whose audience has stopped believing? This collection answers with eighteen short stories, and no two sound alike. You will cross Morocco, Canada, Cornwall, Belgium and Paris, and you will laugh as often as you hold your breath.
The Times Red Cross Story Book gathers tales by novelists who served in the First World War, among them A. E. W. Mason, A. A. Milne, Compton Mackenzie, R. Austin Freeman and Warwick Deeping. They were brought together for the Red Cross, and they run from farce to duels. The first stop is Morocco, where a fifteen year old boy leaves his village with a pistol under his robe.
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- 1A boy takes a pistol and a missionFree
- 2A shy clerk meets the woman he dreamed of
- 3Two proud men test their own honor
- 4Courage on the frontier holds a lesson
- 5Comedy comes from machines, uniforms and appetite
- 6Danger arrives where no one expects it
- 7Ordinary people help each other find courage
- 8Old romances are fought with sabres and secrets
- 9A battle looks different from a pigeon house
- 10Ghosts and shapes show how the book is built
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A boy takes a pistol and a mission
The collection opens with Dimoussi and the Pistol by A. E. W. Mason. Dimoussi is fifteen and lives in a village south of Mequinez in Morocco. The silent plain around his home bores him.
One spring morning he takes the family's brass-barrelled pistol and follows tribesmen to the city, where he sells it for five dollars. That night a Moor talks until dawn about Mulai Idris, a sacred town where no Europeans may enter. The boy walks there and falls to his knees at the sight of its white walls.
The old men at the gate dream of a holy war but never begin one. Inside the shrine Dimoussi prays for that war, and he leaves proud, with a mission. Mason lets the boy's fierce certainty and an old family story of two English travelers move toward each other. A boy with a pistol can become the hinge of a history he has never heard.
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- LengthAbout 86,200 words
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Questions about Le livre d’histoires de la Croix-Rouge du Times
What is The Times Red Cross Story Book about?
It is a collection of eighteen short stories by novelists who served in the First World War. The tales range from comedy and ghost stories to duels, adventure and romance, set in Morocco, Canada, Cornwall, Paris and Belgium.
Who wrote the stories in The Times Red Cross Story Book?
A. E. W. Mason, A. A. Milne, Compton Mackenzie, R. Austin Freeman, Warwick Deeping, Quiller-Couch, Oliver Onions, Ian Hay and several others each contribute a story, labeled with the regiment or service the author belonged to.
Do the stories in this book connect to each other?
No. Each story stands on its own, with its own characters, place and tone. You can read them in order or pick any title, because nothing in one tale depends on another.
Are these stories about war?
Mostly not. Only a few touch on battle, such as the Belgian garden story. Most are comedies, adventures and romances, written by people who had served and were adding something light and varied for readers.
Is The Times Red Cross Story Book easy to read?
Yes, the stories are short, and most use clear plots and lively voices. Each one can be read in a single sitting, so you can read a tale at a time and stop whenever you like.
Cite this edition
Mason, A. E. W., et al. The Times Red Cross Story Book. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-times-red-cross-story-book.
Mason, A. E. W., Milne, A. A., Mackenzie, C., Freeman, R. A., & Deeping, W. (2026). The Times Red Cross story book. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-times-red-cross-story-book
Mason, A. E. W., A. A. Milne, Compton Mackenzie, R. Austin Freeman, and Warwick Deeping. The Times Red Cross Story Book. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-times-red-cross-story-book.
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