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Overview"'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors- nothing ever happens in the winter holidays."" Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea -- 'the D's' -- plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can't sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D's disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends?" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur RansomePublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.711kg ISBN: 9780224606349ISBN 10: 0224606344 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 27 September 1984 Recommended Age: 2-12 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThere is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. - TLS <br> He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. - Observer <p> From the Trade Paperback edition. There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. TLS He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. Observer Again the Swallows and the Amazons, and this time two newcomers who share their winter holiday adventures. Arthur Ransome has the E. Nesbit quality, and the ability to make his boys and girls seem alive, and normal events take on glamor. Not so good a tale as PETER DUCK, but one that measures far above the average. (Kirkus Reviews) There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating. - TLS He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. - Observer Author InformationArthur 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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