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23%OFFArthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons - 9780224606318 - 9780224606318
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Swallows and Amazons

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Description for Swallows and Amazons hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 5AJ; YFA; YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 40. Weight in Grams: 534.
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

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224606318
SKU
9780224606318
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Arthur Ransome
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 ... Read more

Reviews for Swallows and Amazons
He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. Observer There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. TLS

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