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Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2008-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781567922288
The two Blackett sisters are to stay at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their cook, but when their great aunt hears of the abandonment, she's on the next train.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1567924808
Jibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. She's also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (aka G. A.) hears of their abandonment, she's horrified and off on the next train. The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined but now they'll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherd's cottage (where they'll be forced to live off the land like savages, ergo "The Picts") while they'll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the pianoforte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo "The Martyrs"). Not much stretch here; no one dares trifle with the G.A. As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable maiden aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say she's sorry. This is the eleventh title in a beloved series that have endeared themselves to three generations of readers, books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 21,73 MB
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Picts and The Martyrs: or, Not Welcome at All" by Arthur Ransome. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780613789776
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Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,75 MB
Release : 1967
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Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Random House
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0099589370
The poor old Amazons become Martyrs and the Ds Picts living in the woods, in Arthur Ransome's 11th adventure. The Ds can't 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 the Amazons had in mind. To save the Ds from the same fate they organise for them to stay in the Dogs' Home, a tumble-down hut in the woods. As long as no one discovers they're there they can sail all summer long.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Adventure stories
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Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 1944
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Roman i 12 bd. om "The swallows", fire søskende, der er opkaldt efter deres båd. Sammen oplever disse børn en masse spændende ting
Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2016-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1907909036
A British historian explores the mysterious Scottish culture of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages whose enigmatic symbols adorn standing stones. The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. Among their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols. The Pictish Stones offer some of the few remaining clues to the powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell the sagas of their kings and heroes. In this book, Medieval historian Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2003-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1567924980
As this classic series continues, adventuring children off the western coast of Scotland spot a strange bird and soon land themselves in danger. While on a sailing cruise with Cap. Flint exploring in the Outer Hebrides, the Swallows, Amazons, and the Ds spot a mysterious bird nesting on an island in a loch. Could it be a great northern diver, never known to nest in the British Isles? They tell their discovery to a local expert who secretly collects birds’ eggs and stuffed skins of birds. The collector sets off with a gun—and the children set off to stop him. Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and excitement: Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. More than just great stories, each one celebrates independence and initiative with a colorful, large cast of characters—and children are the heroes. Great Northern? (originally published in 1947) is the twelfth and final completed title in the Swallows and Amazons series, books for children or grownups, anyone captivated by a world of adventure, exploration, and imagination. “[Ransome] makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure.” —Observer (UK)