In the tenth instalment of the Swallows and Amazons series, the young crew come face-to-face with the fiercest pirate of the South China Seas
In the tenth instalment of the Swallows and Amazons series, the young crew come face-to-face with the fiercest pirate of the South China Seas
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 has produced some of the real
children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever
Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post.
Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the
churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake
District.
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
*Times Literary Supplement*
Out-and-out thriller
*Daily Mail*
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