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The Life of Arthur Ransome

The Life of Arthur Ransome

by HughBrogan (Author)

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    Paperback 1992

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Synopsis

For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His bohemian years as a writer in Chelsea before the First World War closed with the agony of his prosecution for Libel by Lord Alfred Douglas. His two marriages - first to an unstable fantasist and later to a formidable Russian who had been Trotsky's secretary - were, to say the least, stormy. As a journalist he had a ringside view of the Russian Revolution and travelled widely in the Middle East and China. It was not until he was 45 and settled in the Lake District that he embarked, in the "Swallows and Amazons" stories, on some of the best loved books ever written for children.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 13 Aug 1992
ISBN 10: 0712652493
ISBN 13: 9780712652490

Media Reviews
Arthur Ransome was among the most attractive and gifted literary figures of his time. Hugh Brogan has written a delightful book about him which brings him dramatically back to life. -- A.J.P. Taylor * Observer *
Brogan's life of the man and his study of the works serve as a powerful, excellently supported and splendidly-written piece of English cultural history. -- Norman Stone * Times Literary Supplement *
Author Bio
Hugh Brogan was for ten years a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He is now a lecturer in American History at the University of Essex. His publications include A History of the United States.