Arthur Ransome

Broschiertes Buch

Swallows and Amazons

Beschreibung

'Swallows and Amazons for ever!'Rediscover this classic tale of adventure. The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island.

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 131mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780099572794
• ISBN-10: 0099572796
• Artikelnr.: 35509002