by Arthur Ransome · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099572794
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«Swallows and Amazons» is Arthur Ransome's children's adventure novel, published by Random House UK in paperback (528 pages, in English).
The Walker children, who call themselves Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty and Ship's Boy Roger, set sail in the yacht Swallow bound for Wild Cat Island. After camping, swimming and fishing, they encounter the Blackett sisters, the Amazon pirates, turning the summer into a rivalry of games, exploration and friendship.
First novel in the Swallows and Amazons series, originally published in 1930. This edition includes extra activities.
Recommended for readers aged 9 and up who enjoy stories of pirates, sailing and outdoor life.
Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author, intelligence agent, and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. The entire series remains in print, and Swallows and Amazons is the basis for a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water, the two lakes Ransome adapted as his fictional North Country lake.
