Swallows and Amazons
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Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
A master storyteller, sympathetically in touch with real children and their interests, has created characters who are accepted as friends by children everywhere, not to mention plots which are eminently plausible and unexpected.' SUNDAY TIMES, in an article listing Swallows and Amazons among '99 Best Books for Children.
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post.
| SKU | GOR002031297 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780224606318 |
| ISBN 10 | 022460631X |
| Title | Swallows and Amazons |
| Author | Arthur Ransome |
| Condition | Well Read |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1982-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of V&A Illustration Awards 2013 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | This is a used book. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else previously. Therefore it will show signs of wear and may be an ex library book |
