Swallows And Amazons Series 12 Books Collection Set By Arthur Ransome

Titles in this set:- swallows and amazonsmissee leethe picts and the martyrsgreat northern swallowdalepeter duckwinter holidaycoot clubpigeon postwe didn't mean to go to seasecret waterthe big six condition :brand newformat : paperbackisbn : 9789123767700 about the author: 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.Photography c arthur ransome's literary executors & courtesy of the brotherton collection, leeds university library

Titles in this set:- swallows and amazonsmissee leethe picts and the martyrsgreat northern swallowdalepeter duckwinter holidaycoot clubpigeon postwe didn't mean to go to seasecret waterthe