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Arthur Ransome - Swallowdale - 9780099427155 - KMO0001434
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Swallowdale

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Description for Swallowdale paperback. The Swallows return to the lake for another summer camping on their island alongside their allies, the Amazon pirates. But the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. If they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, a secret valley, hidden from the world. Series: Swallows and Amazons. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world and containing an extra secret concealed within it.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Red Fox
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Swallows and Amazons
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099427155
SKU
KMO0001434
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in l884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in l917, 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 l929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which ... Read more

Reviews for Swallowdale
Quite an achievement
The Guardian
There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating
Times Literary Supplement
Swallowdale is a real book . . . Even better than Swallows and Amazons
Time and Tide

Goodreads reviews for Swallowdale


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