Peter Duck

Informationen zum Autor 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. Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District. Klappentext The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high. Soon their boat is on its way to a Caribbean treasure hunt and they find themselves up against shark, storm, earthquake - and the vilest pirate who ever eavesdropped at a porthole. Zusammenfassung The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Ransome, Ransome Arthur
• Publisher: Red Fox
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2001
• EAN: 9780099427162
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942716-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Swallows and Amazons
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, pirates; classic childrens books; swallows and amazons