Arthur Ransome And Captain Flint's Trunk

by Hardyment, Christina

• ISBN13: 9780711226920
• ISBN10: 071122692X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd

Summary

This new edition of the classic account of a voyage in search of Arthuransome will be welcomed by lovers of his books all over the world. Followingp clues found amongst the contents of Ransome's old trunk which wasequeathed to Leeds University, Christina Hardyment set out to settle oncend for all the questions that have tantalised generations of readers of thewallows and Amazons books. Are the people real? Are the places true?ollowing in their footsteps, sailing in their wake, she resolves nearly allf the big questions. She has talked to the Swallows, untangled the mysteries,etermined and identified the myriad influences, incidents and locationshich Ransome incorporated into his narratives. Now, fully revised to accountor a further twenty years of research, and newly illustrated with many extrarawings and previously unpublished photographs, this book is not only anssential companion to the Ransome books but a magical transposition of storynto reality which will enchant and bewitch Ransome's millions of readers ofll ages.