The Picts and the Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All by Arthur Ransome (English) Pap

Description: The Picts and the Martyrs by Arthur Ransome The Ds cant wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds become Picts who live in the woods, in Arthur Ransomes 11th adventure.The Ds cant wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. But when the Amazons dreadful Great Aunt invites herself to stay too, the summer is threatened with dullness. Staying indoors and reading poetry is not what anyone had in mind. To save the Ds from total boredom, the Amazons arrange for their friends to stay in a tumble-down hut in the woods. And as long as no one discovers theyre there they can sail all summer long...In the Backstory you can learn how to make a campfire!Vintage Childrens Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Back Cover e~Hammockse(tm) e Author Biography Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life - as a baby in he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became a foreign correspondent for the Daily News. In 1917 when the Russian Revolution began he became a journalist and was a special correspondent of the Guardian. He played chess with Lenin and married Trotskys personal secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. On their return to England, he bought a cottage near Windermere in the Lake District and began writing childrens stories. In a 1958 authors note, Ransome wrote- I have been often asked how I came to write Swallows and Amazons. The answer is that it had its beginning long, long ago when, as children, my brother, my sisters and I spent most of our holidays on a farm at the south end of Coniston. We played in or on the lake or on the hills above . . . Going away from it we were half drowned in tears. While away from it, as children and as grown-ups, we dreamt about it. No matter where I was, wandering about the world, I used at night to look for the North Star and, in my minds eye, could see the beloved sky-line of great hills beneath it. Swallows grew out of those old memories. I could not help writing it. It almost wrote itself. He published the first of his childrens classics, the twelve Swallows And Amazons books, in 1930. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. He died in 1967. Review Stands out in triumph. It is firm, intelligent, in tune with twentieth-century mentality and well-written * Times Literary Supplement *Quite up to the best standards of its predecessors, and to all old Ransome devotees the return to the lake of the first novels gives an added pleasure * Glasgow Herald * Promotional The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds become Picts who live in the woods, in Arthur Ransomes 11th adventure. Review Text Stands out in triumph. It is firm, intelligent, in tune with twentieth-century mentality and well-written Review Quote "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 Promotional "Headline" The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds become Picts who live in the woods, in Arthur Ransomes 11th adventure. Details ISBN0099589370 Author Arthur Ransome Year 2015 ISBN-10 0099589370 ISBN-13 9780099589372 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-03-05 Imprint Vintage Childrens Classics Subtitle or Not Welcome At All Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Death 1967 Pages 496 DEWEY 823.912 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Audience Age 9-11 Short Title The Picts and the Martyrs Language English UK Release Date 2015-03-05 AU Release Date 2015-03-05 NZ Release Date 2015-03-05 Series Swallows And Amazons Translator Polly McLean Birth 2020 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Audience Children / Juvenile Alternative 9781448191048 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:92027257;

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