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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 He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case but they also have to dodge the savage natives and evade the ruthless pursuit of a fanatic egg-collector, determined to kill a pair of rare birds and steal the credit. Zusammenfassung He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case but they also have to dodge the savage natives and evade the ruthless pursuit of a fanatic egg-collector, determined to kill a pair of rare birds and steal the credit.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Ransome, Ransome Arthur
• Publisher: Red Fox
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2001
• EAN: 9780099427261
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942726-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Swallows And Amazons; Swallows And Amazons
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Scotland, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), c 1920 to c 1929, Interest age: from c 9 years, The Lake District, Cumbria & Lake District