Published by Jonathan Cape, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
£16.99
Author:
Arthur Ransome
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9780224021241
£16.99
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EAN: 9780224021241
Published: 20 Oct 1983
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In its own class, and wearing several gold stars for distinction. Pigeon Post stands head and shoulders above the average book for and of children.
- The Times
There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun in connection with a gold-mine. The ingenuity of this group of children is delightful and stimulating.
- The Times Literary Supplement
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.
