Swallows and Amazons
(Hardback)
Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 1st July 1992
Paperback
Published: 1st December 1995
Paperback
Published: 1st August 2012
Publishing Details
Swallows and Amazons
By (Author) Arthur Ransome
Vintage Publishing
Jonathan Cape Ltd
1st July 1992
15th April 1982
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
823.912
Winner of V&A Illustration Awards 2013 (UK)
Physical Properties
Hardback
384
Width 145mm, Height 205mm, Spine 35mm
439g
Description
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.
Reviews
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""
Author Bio
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.
