![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Arthur Ransome died in June 1967 and is buried at Rusland in the Lake District. All remain in print and have been widely translated. In 1935 England, two families of children pretend to be pirates and stage mock battles for control of a small island in a local lake. Today Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of novels, (1931 – 1947). ![]() Settling in the Lake District, he spent the late 1920s as a foreign correspondent and highly-respected angling columnist for the Manchester Guardian. He knew many of the leading Bolsheviks, including Lenin, Radek, Trotsky and the latter's secretary, Evgenia Shvelpina. Ransome married Evgenia and returned to England in 1924. His family spent their summers at Nibthwaite, to the south of Coniston Water. In 1902, Ransome abandoned a chemistry degree to become a publisher's office boy in London.Īn interest in folklore, together with a desire to escape an unhappy first marriage, led Ransome to St Petersburg, where he was ideally placed to observe and report on the Russian Revolution. Swallows and Amazons From the publishers website: For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, Arthur Ransomes classic Swallows and Amazons series stands. Arthur Michell Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and educated in Windermere and Rugby. ![]()
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