Book description
John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted
island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an
adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two
fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a
summer of battles and alliances ensues. 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 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.
