Swallows and Amazons

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 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Ransome, Ransome Arthur
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.1982
• EAN: 9780224606318
• ISBN: 978-0-224-60631-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 205 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories