by Hugh Brogan (Author)
Ransome lived through his correspondence, and this work begins with him in St Petersburg at the start of World War I, and includes a brief commentary as well as some of the drawings with which Ransome decorated his letters.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 27 Mar 1997
ISBN 10: 0224042610
ISBN 13: 9780224042611
Book Overview: The appeal of this hugely enjoyable book lays far beyond that unusually acsribed to volumes of letters - it is a `must' for every singl member of the very lively and active Arthur Ransome Society (now numbering 1, 800) and it will be a revelation to millions more who have grown up in the last 65 years with `Swallows and Amazons'.