My Friend Walter is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1988. [1] The book was shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Prize.
This book follows a girl called Bess who goes to a family reunion. She meets a stranger who tells her to visit the Bloody Tower, in London. Bess sees Sir Walter Raleigh in London and Walter asks Bess if he can come and live on her estate.
There was also a telefilm adaptation of My Friend Walter in 1992, starring Polly Grant as Bess Throckmorton and Ronald Pickup as Sir Walter Raleigh. [2] Directed by Gavin Millar. It was shown in two parts between 24 April and 1 May 1992 as part of ITV's CITV strand. It also aired on PBS on 21 November 1993.
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