Swallowdale

Swallowdale

by Arthur Ransome (Author)

Synopsis

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better...

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 15 Apr 1982

ISBN 10: 0224606328
ISBN 13: 9780224606325
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Media Reviews
There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. TLS He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. Observer
Author Bio
Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. 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 of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time.