Racundra's Third Cruise

A fascinating account of the honeymoon cruise of Swallows & Amazon's author, Arthur Ransome, after his marriage to Trotsky's secretary, Evgenia Shelepina, in 1924.

About the author

Arthur Ransome, world famous for the hit series Swallows & Amazons, had, as a young man in 1913, gone to Russia as a foreign correspondent and journalist. He fell in love with Evgenia, Trotsky's secretary, whom he later married. Together they owned two small yachts before commissioning the building of Racundra in 1922 at Rigia in Latvia. Its third cruise was their honeymoon.

Summary

A fascinating account of the honeymoon cruise of Swallows & Amazon’s author, Arthur Ransome, after his marriage to Trotsky’s secretary, Evgenia Shelepina, in 1924.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Hammett, Arthur Ransome
• Assisted by: Brian Hammett (Editor)
• Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781912177110
• ISBN: 978-1-912177-11-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 239 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 310 g
• Illustrations: 5 Illustrations, black and white; 55 Halftones, black and white
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales