Down Burrow Lane by Michael Morpurgo SIGNED

Published 117 September 2026 SIGNED

The incredible memoir set on a magical farm in Devon, published on the 50th anniversary
of Farms for City Children and set to be a modern classic

The long-awaited memoir of life and love on a Devon farm - Michael Morpurgo's most personal and moving book to date
Fifty years ago, Michael and  Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in
London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow
Lane.
It was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer.
Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and
Private Peaceful.

Here, Michael and Clare raised their family - and, in many ways, grew up themselves.
They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life
in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.

This is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and
hardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and
years that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by
their time there.

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERSONAL NON-FICTION FROM A NATIONAL TREASURE:
The deeply personal and magical story of 50 years on Michael's farm in Devon, the
place where he met Ted Hughes and inspired War Horse. This is a very special and
one-off book for Michael, on a subject that is very close to his heart. He is donating all
the proceeds to Farms for City Children.

Michael Morpurgo is the award-winning author of over 100 books, including Private
Peaceful, Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse, which has been made into a Tony Awardwinning
Broadway play and a Golden Globe-nominated film. He was C hildren's Laureate
from 2003-2005, a role that took him across Britain to inspire a love of reading in
children.

'A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived' RORY STEWART
'Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale' JOANNA LUMLEY
'Tender and inspiring... Deeply moving and quietly radical.' HELEN REBANKS