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About Arthur Ransome

Arthur 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.

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World Maritime Day

Loving We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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World Maritime Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome.

1 month ago

World Maritime Day

Discover Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome. Published by Red Fox.

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World Maritime Day

Discover We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome. Published by Red Fox.

1 month ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Missee Lee by Arthur Ransome from Red Fox is brilliant!

2 months ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome from Penguin Random House Children's UK is brilliant!

2 months ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Eye patch, skull and crossbones, treasure maps... Peter Duck. By Arthur Ransome, published by Red Fox.

2 months ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Eye patch, skull and crossbones, treasure maps... Missee Lee. By Arthur Ransome, published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

2 months ago

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