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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.
The Big Six
Missee Lee
Great Northern?
Swallows And Amazons
Swallowdale
Peter Duck
Winter Holiday
Secret Water
The Picts and the Martyrs
Coot Club
Pigeon Post
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
It's the beginning of the weekend. Enjoy Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome from Red Fox
8 days ago
It's the beginning of the weekend. Enjoy Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome from Penguin Random House Children's UK
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea published by Red Fox.
3 months ago
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Coot Club published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read The Picts and the Martyrs published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Coot Club published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Winter Holiday published by RHCP Digital.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Swallowdale published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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