PICTS AND THE MARTYRS, THE (Swallows And Amazons) - Softcover

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Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless su?ering from exhaustion) has gone o? sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. Shes also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (a.k.a. G.A.) hears of their abandonment, shes horri?ed and o? on the next train. The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined, but now theyll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherds cottage where theyll be forced to live o? the land like savages (ergo The Picts), while theyll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the piano-forte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo The Martyrs). Not much stretch here; no one dares tri?e with the G. A. As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say shes sorry. The Picts & the Martyrs Stands out in triumph. The Times Literary Supplement

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Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. 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 of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time.
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“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

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  • PublisherRED FOX BOOKS (RAND)
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0099427273
  • ISBN 13 9780099427278
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