
Winter Holiday - Swallows And Amazons (Paperback)
Arthur Ransome (author)
£7.99
Paperback
368 Pages
Published: 06/09/2001
Published: 06/09/2001
'Well,' said Nancy, 'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.'Nothing - except a polar expedition, full of mountain rescues, blizzards, igloos, ice sailing and heroic work amidst the frozen wastes. For Dick and Dorothea, newcomers to the lake, meeting up with the Swallows and Amazons sweeps them into a wild adventure where they must prove their worth to the team
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780099427179
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 255 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
One could hardly have a better story * Times Literary Supplement *
The best kind of adventure story * Observer *
Thrilling episodes * The Times *
Mr Ransome's style is highly distinguished, his narrative hair-raising, credible and amusing * Spectator *
The best kind of adventure story * Observer *
Thrilling episodes * The Times *
Mr Ransome's style is highly distinguished, his narrative hair-raising, credible and amusing * Spectator *
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