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Winter Holiday
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Winter Holiday
Paperback. Nothing ever happens in the Winter holidays - except polar expeditions, mountain resuces, blizzards and ice sailing. Dick and Dorothea are newcomers to the lake, and they have to prove their worth to the team as the Swallows and Amazons sweep them into a wild adventure. Series: Swallows and Amazons. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
'Well,' said Nancy, 'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.'Nothing - except a polar expedition, full of mountain rescues, blizzards, igloos, ice sailing and heroic work amidst the frozen wastes. For Dick and Dorothea, newcomers to the lake, meeting up with the Swallows and Amazons sweeps them into a wild adventure where they must prove their worth to the team
'Well,' said Nancy, 'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.'Nothing - except a polar expedition, full of mountain rescues, blizzards, igloos, ice sailing and heroic work amidst the frozen wastes. For Dick and Dorothea, newcomers to the lake, meeting up with the Swallows and Amazons sweeps them into a wild adventure where they must prove their worth to the team
Product Details
Publisher
Random House Children's Publishers UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Swallows and Amazons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099427179
SKU
V9780099427179
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20
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 Winter Holiday
One could hardly have a better story
Times Literary Supplement
The best kind of adventure story
Observer
Thrilling episodes
The Times
Mr Ransome's style is highly distinguished, his narrative hair-raising, credible and amusing
Spectator
Times Literary Supplement
The best kind of adventure story
Observer
Thrilling episodes
The Times
Mr Ransome's style is highly distinguished, his narrative hair-raising, credible and amusing
Spectator