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| Book Number | TAR09721 |
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| Title | Swallows and Amazons Audio Compact Discs |
| Author(s) | Author: Ransome, Arthur [Mitchell] Abridged and read by: Woolf, Gabriel Arthur [Mitchell] Ransome (1884 to 1967)—English author and journalist, born in Leeds and best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books (Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All and Great Northern?). He was also the author of forty or so other titles including other children's books, fishing books, sailing books and books on politics and Gabriel Woolf (1932-)—English film and television actor whose television and film roles include Tom Brown's School Days (1951), The Knights of the Round Table (1963) and numerous Doctor Who stories. He also works extensively on radio include Shakespeare's Romeo and Inspector Charles Parker in the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries as well as abridging and reading over forty major novels. He is a winner of the Gold Medal at RADA |
| Edition and Format | Audio Compact Discs Audio Compact Discs 124 x 140 mm. Listening time approximately 6 hours over 5 compact discs. Hurray a CD. Read by TARS member, Gabriel Woolf. The set includes a colour booklet. ISBN 0955052904 [9780955052903] |
| Publisher(s) | , 2005 |
| Series | Swallows and Amazons Number One Swallows and Amazons—A series of 12 (Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, The Big Six, Missee Lee, The Picts And The Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All and Great Northern?) children's books by English author Arthur Ransome, named after the title of the first book in the series. They involve the outdoor adventures of children, most notably John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, Nancy and Peggy Blackett and Dick and Dorothea Callum. They portray an idyllic, yet also realistic, depiction of childhood adventure set in the 1930s. The series contains 12 books. The first book was originally published in 1930 and the last book was originally published in 1947. Titles in the series are: 1—'Swallows and Amazons', 2—'Swallowdale', 3—'Peter Duck', 4—'Winter Holiday', 5—'Coot Club', 6—'Pigeon Post', 7—'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea', 8—'Secret Water', 9—'The Big Six', 10—'Missee Lee', 11—'The Picts and the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All', 12—'Great Northern?' and 13—'Coots in the North (Unfinished)' |
| Content | content The first of the Swallows and Amazons series, in which the four Walker children (The Swallows) set up camp on an uninhabited island, but the Amazons (the two Blackett girls) have a prior claim on the island and declare war. Meanwhile the pirate Captain Flint blames the Swallows for damaging his boat. . |
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